Labour and Welfare Secretary Law Chi-kwong on Wednesday described unpaid leave as "job-sharing", saying it's better for workers to be asked to accept such an arrangement rather than being laid off because of the economic downturn. With many people ...

The deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Zhang Xiaoming, says mainland officials have gauged views from various sectors – including some pan-democrats in Hong Kong – on planned changes for the electoral system. Zhang was s...

Neo Democrats founder Gary Fan on Wednesday announced he has resigned as a Sai Kung district councillor, as he sits in prison awaiting trial under the national security law. Fan is among 47 pro-democracy activists accused of conspiring to subvert th...

The government has defended its decision to approve fare hikes for four bus companies, warning that failure to do so could lead to layoffs and other "adverse consequences". At a Legco question session on Wednesday, Federation of Trade Unions lawmake...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam complained on Wednesday that the public are not working with her administration in tackling the pandemic, as she suggested that getting a Covid vaccine, or a higher take-up rate in society, could become a prerequisite for t...

The US has warned it could limit flights from airlines in Hong Kong, saying the SAR's quarantine requirements for air crew are disproportionately affecting US-based airlines. According to a docket issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT) on...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has proposed the setting up of a Legco sub-committee to help fast-track legal changes to Hong Kong's electoral overhaul. Appearing before lawmakers in Legco on Wednesday, Lam said they could first set up the new body under...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Wednesday that the authorities will be "on full alert" to make sure museum exhibitions in Hong Kong are not undermining national security. She was responding to a question by New People's Party lawmaker Eunice Yun...

The United States on Wednesday identified 24 more senior Hong Kong and mainland officials it classifies as being instrumental in quashing the SAR's freedoms, warning that foreign banks are now banned from doing any business with them. The decision c...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung has hailed as "exciting" research that shows a drug used to treat leprosy is also effective against Covid-19. Researchers in Hong Kong, the United States and Denmark say the drug clofazimine is ...

Four members of the League of Social Democrats on Wednesday staged a protest against Beijing's decision to change Hong Kong's electoral system. The pro-democracy party's Raphael Wong and Avery Ng said they wanted to tell Beijing officials they oppo...

HSBC has told employees to stay away from its main building in Central until further notice after a third Covid-19 case at the site. The news emerged late on Tuesday in a memo to staff, while notices placed at the 1mn sq ft building informed visitor...

The government on Tuesday accused district councillor Ramon Yuen of making false allegations over his charges that officials had committed misconduct by leaving out all record of the council’s ‘agreement’ to add previously-ignored debates to th...

The Independent Police Complaints Council says it has so far found six substantiated complaints against police officers in relation to the handling of the 2019 anti-extradition protests, after it wrapped up consideration of some 320 cases. The sub...

WWF-Hong Kong warned on Tuesday that Hongkongers’ consumption habits are having a growing impact on the world – and if everyone on the planet were to follow our example, we would need 4.4 Earths to sustain us. The green group’s ecological foot...

Hong Kong's unemployment rate has risen to its highest level since 2004 amid the coronavirus outbreak, and the labour minister warned that the job market still faces challenges with the pandemic not yet fully contained here. The jobless rate for the...

Bus fares are set to rise from next month after the government approved phased fare hikes of up to 12 percent for four bus companies, saying all are facing “severe financial difficulties” while at least two will continue to lose money despite the...

Former Legco president Tsang Yok-sing says he doesn’t think lawmakers picked by the election committee (EC) would blindly support the government, as long as they are selected on the basis of their “political ability”. Tsang, a founder of the p...

The Centre for Health Protection on Tuesday reported 18 new coronavirus infections, 13 of which were locally acquired. More than half of the local cases were found in Mid-Levels and in Western, where a gym was hit by a coronavirus outbreak recently...

There are further signs pointing to fewer directly elected seats in a future Legco under Beijing-led electoral reform. Two lawmakers attending seminars hosted by visiting mainland officials on Tuesday on changes to Hong Kong's election system said t...