A concern group has on Sunday called on the government to take urgent action to help people living in subdivided flats, including introducing rent controls and priority in renewing leases. The Hong Kong Subdivided Flats Concerning Platform said ren...

A government-appointed expert tasked with looking into vaccine reactions has urged people who are about to receive their second dose of Covid-19 jabs to consider taking time off work, saying they will most likely suffer more side effects than when th...

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung has rejected criticism of Beijing's overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, saying the changes will improve political participation and make the SAR more democratic. Local and international critics have said Beijing...

An expert adviser to the government on Covid-19 inoculation, Wallace Lau, said he expects Sinovac to submit the latest clinical data on the efficacy and side effects of its vaccine to the government shortly. Speaking on a television programme on Su...

The chairman of the Hospital Authority, Henry Fan, has urged Hong Kong people to sign up for a Covid-19 vaccination as soon as possible, as he cautioned that only staunch support for the inoculation programme would allow the SAR to return to normalit...

An RTHK spokesman has refused to comment on allegations that the broadcaster’s management ordered staff to delete a video credit given to a pro-democracy district councillor, charged under the national security law in an RTHK documentary shortly be...

Health officials reported eight new Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first time in over a week that the figure has been in single-digits. Seven of them were local, one from an unknown source - a 42-year-old carpenter who lives in Caroline...

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...