A group of pro-Beijing figures warned on Thursday that they may organise a boycott of H&M unless the retail clothing giant apologises for expressing concern about reports of forced labour in the cotton industry in Xinjiang. A group – calling thems...

The government says it will resume using BioNTech coronavirus jabs for its inoculation programme from April 5, after a new shipment of doses arrives. Civil Service Secreatry Patrick Nip, who is in charge of the vaccination drive, made the announceme...

The government has proposed cutting lesson times for four core secondary school subjects, including the controversial curriculum formerly known as liberal studies, as part of a revamp. In a statement released on Thursday, the Education Bureau said t...

A landlord group says it is “unreasonable” for a government task force to suggest that only sub-divided flat tenants should have the say on when to terminate a lease in the first four years. The task force has proposed that tenants should get to...

The District Court on Thursday convicted seven prominent pro-democracy activists of organising and taking part in an unlawful assembly over their involvement in one of the biggest anti-government protests of 2019. Founding chairman of the Democratic...

The sister of national security suspect Andy Li said the lawyer who represented her brother in court on Wednesday was not hired by the family, raising questions if the situation is similar to how defendants were assigned counsels by mainland authorit...

A housing block in Sai Ying Pun is being partially evacuated after a resident there came down with the coronavirus. The patient, 25, lives in a flat on the fourth floor of Block B at Kwan Yick Building Phase Three, where three others diagnosed with...

Panels advising the Education Bureau have proposed that it rename the liberal studies subject as "Citizenship and Social Development". The proposals came after the Education Bureau announced in November last year that it would introduce sweeping cha...

Business and technology sector leaders emerged from government briefings about Beijing’s overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system on Wednesday full of praise for the changes. The president of the Information Technology Joint Council, Duncan Chiu...

RTHK management say they are withdrawing all of the station's current entries for various awards, as a review of the public broadcaster's operations gathers pace under a new chief editor. The station regularly receives international recognition for ...

Health officials said on Wednesday that a man who tested negative during an ambush lockdown two weeks ago is now confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. He is the only local case reported on Wednesday, and the source of his infection remains unknown...

The US State Department has sternly criticised the central and SAR governments for curtailing Hong Kong people’s freedoms, prompting SAR authorities to insist that human rights are fully protected in the territory. In its annual human rights repo...

Political analyst Ma Ngok warned on Wednesday that Beijing’s overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system will make people far less interested in participating in elections, as they will doubt whether their votes still matter. Ma, a Chinese Universi...

A Tsim Sha Tsui restaurant recently linked to dozens of Covid cases has hit back at the suggestion that a problem with its ventilation helped the virus to spread, after bringing in its own expert to look at the system. Around 50 infections were tied...

A government task force recommended on Wednesday that authorities introduce standard contracts for subdivided flats, and cap rent increases to 15 percent, in order to better protect the poor families who live there. Government figures suggest there ...

A Filipina who was sacked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong after being diagnosed with cancer – a case that exposed the vulnerability of low-paid foreign workers – has passed away, a friend confirmed on Wednesday. Baby Jane Allas, 40, was told s...

Two men have been jailed for 45 months each for rioting during a protest at Hong Kong airport in 2019, with two others given shorter jail terms for unlawful assembly. Yau Man-king and Yip Man-leong earlier pleaded guilty to taking part in a riot, w...

The United States strongly condemns moves by China to further reduce political participation and representation in Hong Kong and is deeply concerned by a second delay in the territory's Legco elections, the US State Department says. "We are deeply c...

A district councillor says he's going to be able to focus his attention on serving residents of his constituency now he and his colleagues have been stripped of their power to help select the city's chief executive, and it's time for Hong Kong to pla...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Tuesday said it would review its screening procedures for coronavirus variants after it found that a patient carrying a mutated strain was unintentionally placed together with three other Covid-19 patients for more than...