A delegate to Beijing's top political advisory body confirmed on Saturday that the central government is indeed mulling boosting the size of Hong Kong's Legislative Council and the committee that picks the chief executive. Henry Tang, who is in Bei...

The Department of Health has confirmed that a 55-year-old woman who suffered from chronic illness died on Saturday morning, days after she had received the Sinovac Covid jab. The woman was inoculated at Kwun Chung Sports Centre on Tuesday, and suff...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Saturday that she had noted a fall in the number of people booking a Covid-19 vaccine, and urged anyone who is unsure about getting inoculated to speak to their family doctor. She made the comment after being as...

The High Court on Saturday set hearings for next Thursday and Saturday to consider a challenge by prosecutors to a lower court's decision to grant bail to 11 pro-democracy figures in a high-profile subversion case. The activists, including former la...

One mad died and eleven others were injured in a fire at a building in Yau Ma Tei in the early hours of Saturday. The Fire Department was called at about 5am to the Po Cheung Building on Reclamation Street after multiple reports of smoke and fire. T...

The United States on Friday condemned Beijing's proposed reforms of Hong Kong's selection of lawmakers as a "direct attack" on the SAR's autonomy and demanded that Beijing reverse course. The proposed measures "are a direct attack on Hong Kong's aut...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Friday announced an investigation into the case of a chronically-ill patient who was found dead in a hospital corridor while waiting to be admitted. The HA said the man, 63, was waiting to be admitted to Kwong Wah Hosp...

The European Union warned China on Friday that it may take "additional steps" in response to Beijing's move to grant itself a veto over the selection of Hong Kong lawmakers. Earlier on Friday, Beijing introduced legislation to allow the central gove...

Police have arrested a dozen people and frozen assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars, as part of an investigation by the force and the Securities and Futures Commission into alleged stock manipulation. The suspects are accused of running a "r...

The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) has denied receiving funding from overseas organisations after a report said the government may outlaw the group on national security grounds. There have been claims that the front – which is best known for orga...

Four of the 47 pro-democracy figures facing subversion charges under the national security law were released from custody on Friday, after prosecutors dropped an appeal against the decision to grant them bail. Clarisse Yeung, Lawrence Lau, Hendrick...

Pro-Beijing lawmakers on Friday voiced unanimously support for Beijing’s planned changes to Hong Kong's electoral system, saying they are much needed to ensure the territory's “long-term stability and prosperity”. In a statement, Legco presid...

A DAB district councillor said on Friday that it makes sense that she and her colleagues are to be stripped of their role in helping to select the chief executive in future, saying they should focus on livelihood issues instead. Sources say Beijing'...

The Centre for Health Protection on Friday reported 11 new coronavirus cases, eight of them local. Half of the local cases have no clear source. One of them is a university student who lives in Sau Mau Ping. He has not attended any face-to-face cl...

The changes that Beijing is planning to Hong Kong's electoral system have "popular support" the liaison office said on Friday – just a couple of hours after the dramatic overhaul was announced. Few details about what is in store have been reveale...

Hong Kong’s sole deputy to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee has defended Beijing-led electoral reform for the SAR, saying it's completely in line with the Basic Law and the Chinese constitution. Tam Yiu-chung, who's in the capit...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says she fully respects the central government for "taking the lead" in "improving" Hong Kong’s electoral system and the changes must come quickly. She made the remarks in a statement on Friday, shortly after the vice-ch...

The wives of two democracy campaigners charged with subversion said on Friday that they had been denied the right to visit their husbands in prison or provide them with essential items. Lester Shum and Chu Hoi-dick are among 47 members of the pro-d...

The election committee that chooses Hong Kong's chief executive will participate in the nomination of all Legco candidates and pick some members of the council itself, as part of drastic changes to the SAR's electoral system planned by Beijing. The ...

An infectious disease expert on Friday urged the government to release more information about natural deaths in Hong Kong to put people’s minds at ease about the safety of coronavirus vaccines, saying it is “evident” that the recent death of a ...