The High Court on Wednesday granted permission to Southern District Council chairman Lo Kin-hei to legally challenge a decision by the council's secretary last year, when she failed to facilitate a council discussion about the police. The proposed a...

The Tourism Board said on Wednesday it's planning to give away local tours and staycation discounts to boost consumption once the pandemic condition is stabilised here. The board's executive director, Dane Cheng, said they decided to bring back the ...

Hong Kong recorded 14 new local coronavirus cases on Wednesday, eight of which could not be traced. They include a 23-year-old woman who works in marketing, a 53-year-old dishwasher, a 34-year-old man who manages elderly care homes but worked from ...

The president of the Hong Kong Public Doctors’ Association, Arisina Ma, has criticised the Hospital Authority’s decision to suspend from duty a union chairwoman who is facing national security charges. The authority said the decision to suspend ...

The Court of Appeal on Wednesday sent a teenager to a rehabilitation centre for hitting a police officer with a brick at a protest last year after an appeal by the Department of Justice. Lincoln Chan, 17, was originally put on a year of probation af...

A catering sector representative said on Wednesday that it will be difficult for small restaurants to comply with a new anti-epidemic rule which requires them to arrange dedicated staff to clear tables. Some medical experts have said the arrangement...

The youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting in connection with the anti-government protests in 2019 has been handed a detention centre order by the District Court, with the judge saying it was a "twisted argument" to claim that breaking the...

Online bookings for coronavirus jabs made by German drugmaker BioNTech opened at 9am on Wednesday, but with some delays. RTHK logged onto the appointment system at 9am and was informed of a 45-minute wait to book a slot between next Wednesday and M...

Hong Kong's largest national security case to date is set to resume on Wednesday lunchtime, with the bail hearing for 47 democracy campaigners going into a third day. Several of the defendants have been taken to hospital since the case got underway ...

An infectious disease expert said on Wednesday that it’s unlikely that the death of a 63-year-old Hong Kong man is linked to the Covid-19 vaccine he received. Dr Leung Chi-chiu, a specialist in respiratory medicine, also urged the government to f...

West Kowloon Court adjourned for the night shortly after 10:30pm on Tuesday after two marathon days of hearings on bail arrangements for 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion under the national security law. With multiple defendants noddi...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported the death of a 63-year-old man two days after receiving the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine at a government vaccination centre in Jordan, though they stressed it’s too early to tell whether the jab was related to his...

The Department of Justice on Tuesday hit back at calls from overseas for the immediate release of 47 pro-democracy activists and politicians charged with subversion under the national security law, saying such calls show disrespect for the SAR’s ju...

A retired academic at the University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has come down with coronavirus, and health authorities said his case may be linked to a 28-year-old man who was allowed to skip compulsory quarantine after arriving here from Shen...

A West Kowloon magistrate said on Tuesday that the mammoth national security bail hearing for 47 pro-democracy figures charged with subversion would adjourn at 10pm at the latest, after some of the defendants complained they were exhausted by the pro...

Lawmakers on Tuesday said the government should use soon-to-be vacated land near the border with Shenzhen for innovation and technology enterprises, to tie in with the Lok Ma Chau Loop. At least 20 hectares of land, currently under the Lok Ma Chau C...

Prosecutors have laid a new charge against one of the 12 young Hongkongers who were detained by mainland authorities as they allegedly tried to flee the SAR to Taiwan by speedboat last August. Liu Tsz-man, 18 – who was one of two detainees handed ...

A District Court judge on Tuesday refused to grant bail to a national security suspect, saying there had been no “material change" in the defendant's circumstances. Ma Chun-man, who was dubbed "Captain America 2.0", is accused of inciting others t...

The government has been urged to speed up its process of allowing private doctors to join the territory-wide Covid-19 vaccination programme, and to replenish the supply of jabs for them more quickly. The call was made by the president of the Hong K...

Beijing's Taiwan Affairs Office on Tuesday warned Taipei not to go "any further down the wrong path of political manipulation of Hong Kong issues". Spokeswoman Zhu Fenglian issued the warning in response to the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's ...