Health officials on Saturday reported eight new Covid cases - the first time in over a week Hong Kong has recorded single-digit infections.. One of the seven local cases became infected via an unknown source. The 42-year-old carpentry worker lives i...

Executive Councillor Ronny Tong said on Saturday he’s worried that it will be difficult for the government to quickly recruit hundreds of people with the required talent for the new Election Committee, because many top people in Hong Kong are reluc...

The Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Saturday that the government would look into the feasibility of introducing some incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Professor Chan said the authorities would consider measures...

The Health Secretary Sophia Chan says authorities here are monitoring reports of potential side-effects in a small number of people who have received the Oxford-University-AstraZeneca vaccine. The jab is due in Hong Kong later this year as the SAR's ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke with Hong Kong families who have recently moved to Britain, saying he is proud that they have decided to start a new life in the country. Britain has offered Hong Kong residents, with British National (Overseas) st...

The government on Saturday morning completed its ambush-style Covid-19 lockdown in Tseung Kwan O. It's is not yet known whether anyone has tested positive for the virus. The lockdown, at Tower 9 of La Splendeur at Lohas Park, was enforced after a re...

The government on Friday reported the first known death of a patient here who had recently received the BioNTech vaccine, and pledged to look into the case to ascertain if the jab had anything to do with the fatality. An expert committee had previou...

Legco’s Finance Committee on Friday overwhelmingly approved a HK$2.8 billion bailout for the struggling Ocean Park, even though many councillors voiced reservations about its redevelopment plans. Lawmakers expressed concern about a variety of issu...

Health authorities on Friday reported 13 new coronavirus infections, 10 of which were locally acquired and four of these with no known source of infection. A 23-year-old man who works in Sha Tin was one of the new patients. Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of...

Legislators on Friday took up a suggestion by Chief Executive Carrie Lam and set up a Legco sub-committee to help fast track looming legal changes to Hong Kong's electoral system, even though Beijing has yet to reveal exactly what it has in store for...

Police said on Friday they have arrested 21 people over a parking racket in Tsim Sha Tsui and Yau Ma Tei, where they allegedly forced people to pay them to use public parking meters. Those arrested are aged between 19 and 57, and are suspected to h...

The government will start accepting applications under its billion-dollar Smart Traffic Fund from the end of this month, with officials saying they are expecting to fund projects that aim to improve road safety and efficiency, as well as enhance conv...

Hong Kong's sole delegate to the nation's top legislative body Tam Yiu-chung said on Friday that he expects a new committee to be set up to vet candidates for public office will consist of about 20 people familiar with the Basic Law who are not plann...

The High Court on Friday refused to grant bail to district councillor Andy Chui, one of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged under the national security law in relation to primary polls for Legco elections that never took place. Chui asked the court...

The president of the UK’s Supreme Court said he would not be prepared to serve or nominate any of his judges to sit on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal if judicial independence or the rule of law is undermined in the SAR. Lord Reed made the co...

The honorary chairman of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Danny Lau, said on Friday the business sector is unsure which Covid-19 vaccine to take as different countries currently recognise different jabs. European officials h...

Infectious diseases experts warned on Thursday that, of the three coronavirus vaccines Hong Kong has procured so far, only one – BioNTech – has proven to be effective against variants of the virus that have been emerging around the globe, and the...

Dissident artist Ai Weiwei on Thursday said that challenging the authorities is one of the main purposes of art, as he rejected a pro-Beijing lawmaker's claim that his work subverts the state. Eunice Yung, from the New People's Party, had singled ou...

A construction worker was on Thursday given a 13-month jail sentence for inciting others to besiege a police detention centre in 2019, after the Department of Justice won a sentencing review. Poon Yung-wai, dubbed "Kim Jong-un" on social media, wa...

The government has been urged to reach out to countries such as Japan and South Korea to introduce so-called vaccine passports to make travel easier and allow people to be exempt from quarantine amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. An infectious d...