Former lawmaker Au Nok-hin was on Tuesday given a nine-week prison term for assaulting two police officers with a loudhailer, after the government appealed against the community service order he was originally given. Au, who was already in custody a...

A number of young people interested in working across the border told the media on Tuesday that they’re thrilled about the opportunities available elsewhere in the Greater Bay Area, and there are “only pros, no cons” in working on the mainland....

Health authorities reported 12 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with four of the cases being locally acquired. Officials were unable to ascertain the source of infection for one local case – an 88-year-old retiree who was taken to the United Chri...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday she will personally look into whether the city's three-week quarantine requirement for inbound travellers can be brought back into line with other places, confessing that the rules are taking a huge physical...

The High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail application by former Democratic Party lawmaker Andrew Wan. Wan is one of 47 pro-democracy activists and politicians charged with conspiracy to commit subversion in relation to primary polls they held ahead...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government will make sure Legco has as much time as possible to examine proposed changes to Hong Kong’s electoral systems. Lam noted that the National People’s Congress Standing Committee is s...

The government says around 25,200 people received their first Covid jab on Monday, with about 60 percent opting for the BioNTech vaccine and 40 percent the Sinovac. Appointment attendance rates were 95 percent and 80 percent respectively. Health ...

A District Court judge ruled on Monday that six people have a case to answer in connection with a mob attack on MTR passengers and other civilians at Yuen Long station on July 21, 2019. They were said to be part of a white-shirted gang that went on ...

The National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) will meet next Monday and Tuesday to discuss Beijing's overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, according to the SAR's sole delegate on the committee, Tam Yiu-chung. Tam said on Monday that ...

A lawyer helping relatives of a group of Hongkongers detained for months in Shenzhen has expressed “extreme disappointment” over the police’s handling of the return of eight of the young people on Monday. Chow Hang-tung, who's a member of the ...

Health authorities on Monday stopped short of declaring a Covid outbreak at a restaurant in Lam Tin despite the infection of a third customer there. The Centre for Health Protection’s Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan said they are investigating how an 88-year-...

A packaging designer was on Monday sentenced to 45 months in prison after pleading guilty to rioting in Wong Tai Sin in 2019. The court heard that Li Chak-lam, who's in his 30s, had thrown objects such as helmets and tear gas canisters towards a po...

Robot artist Sophia, whose first artwork goes up for auction on Wednesday, says she draws inspiration for her work from people and is open to future creative partnerships with humans. A digital artwork by the Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics humanoid...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Monday condemned medical professionals for "smearing" the China-made Sinovac jab, as she and other government officials received their second doses of the Covid vaccine. “I would condemn a very small minority of peopl...

Medical experts on Monday advised people who have had a strong allergic reaction to their first dose of their chosen coronavirus vaccine to hold off on receiving the second dose. A member of the government’s advisory panel on Covid-19 vaccines, Da...

Eight Hongkongers who were jailed in Shenzhen after an alleged failed attempt to flee to Taiwan by speedboat were handed over to SAR authorities on Monday after completing their prison sentences. Shortly after 10am, several cars with drawn curtains ...

An organisation that campaigns against international wildlife crime says Hong Kong remains a major hub for the global trafficking of endangered pangolin, with one of the creatures poached every 21 minutes on average. Sam Inglis, wildlife programme m...

An infectious disease expert has said only mass vaccination and herd immunity will open the way for Hong Kong to end coronavirus restrictions, though he cast doubt on the prospect of vaccine passports opening up international travel in the short term...

Health authorities say around 23,800 people received their first Covid jab on Sunday with about 62 percent opting for the BioNTech vaccine and 38 percent the Sinovac. Appointment attendance rates were 93 percent and 82 percent respectively. The gov...

A campaign in support of Beijing's electoral overhaul for Hong Kong says it has received nearly 2.4 million signatures backing the national legislature's move. The convenor of the campaign, Tam Yiu-chung, said they didn't count overseas signatures ...