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Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:28:45 +0800
Seven new Covid cases confirmed, none untraceable
The number of new Covid-19 cases swung back into the single digits on Tuesday, with authorities confirming seven new infections – comprising of three local and four imported cases, but no untraceable ones. The three local cases are of a woman and ...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:54:22 +0800
Shoppers head to wet market despite Covid scare
Shoppers continued to visit a Covid-hit wet market in Yau Tong on Tuesday, with some saying they don’t have much of a choice even as they acknowledged concerns about the possibility of getting infected. Health authorities had on Monday issued a ma...

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:17:00 +0800
'Easing restrictions could allow mutant strains in'
Infectious disease expert Joseph Tsang on Tuesday cautioned the government against relaxing quarantine requirements for incoming travellers – even those from countries considered to be ‘low risk’ – saying such a move could introduce mutated s...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 21:31:56 +0800
Sources: another team produced RTHK's top show
RTHK has aired an episode of its award-winning programme, Hong Kong Connection, that isn't produced by the team normally tasked to do so. It is understood that the show on Monday evening – which interviewed three musicians who are visually impair...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 20:08:56 +0800
Democrats undecided on future Legco polls
Democratic Party chair Lo Kin-hei on Monday said although it plans to recommend its district councillors take a new oath of office, members won't be forced into doing so - but it's not made its mind up on whether to run in future Legislative Council ...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 18:51:11 +0800
Policemen arrested on suspicion of misconduct
Two policemen have been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after a detainee alleged her property had been stolen while she was in Sham Shui Po Police Station. Police on Monday said that the woman had been arrested a week ago for ...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 17:46:19 +0800
Mong Kok Fortress salesman among latest with Covid
A 32-year-old salesman, who works in a Mong Kok branch of the electronics shop Fortress, has come down with Covid-19, the only local coronavirus case reported on Monday. It is not known how he contracted the disease. There were 15 other cases, all ...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 16:08:02 +0800
Calling for blank votes could be a crime: Paul Tse
Pro-Beijing lawmaker, Paul Tse, said on Monday that people might be committing a crime, if they called on others to cast blank votes in protest at Beijing's overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system. This came after the Secretary for Justice, Teresa ...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 15:42:34 +0800
Five ex-Shenzen detainees mentioned in HK court
Five of the 12 Hong Kong people, who returned to the SAR last month after serving jail sentences in Shenzhen for an illegal border crossing, were remanded back in custody after being mentioned in court on Monday to face charges relating to anti-gover...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:43:36 +0800
Govt resumes administering BioNTech jabs
The government on Monday resumed administering BioNTech vaccines after suspending the service for 12 days due to packaging problems in one of the batches of supplies. Around 183,000 people, who had reserved a vaccination slot, were affected by the ...

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 12:21:35 +0800
'Covid situation may rebound after Easter break'
Infectious diseases experts on Monday warned of a rebound in coronavirus cases after the Easter holidays, saying social activity and gatherings over the break would have increased the chance of the virus spreading. Speaking on an RTHK programme, Dr ...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 19:33:34 +0800
Privacy commissioner looks into Facebook breach
The privacy watchdog said on Sunday that it has reached out to Facebook’s Hong Kong office for details of a suspected data breach that involves nearly three million local users. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) said ...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:44:00 +0800
Bar operators start hunger strike, demand reopening
Representatives of businesses ordered to temporarily close during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on Sunday started a “relay hunger strike” outside government headquarters, hoping to pressure the government into letting them reopen. One of the ...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 16:40:27 +0800
Universal suffrage may come earlier now: Rita Fan
Beijing’s overhaul of Hong Kong’s electoral system might result in the SAR being able to select its chief executive and all members of the legislature by universal suffrage earlier, a former National People’s Congress standing committee member ...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 14:45:56 +0800
Hong Kong reports zero new local Covid infections
Hong Kong health authorities reported no new local coronavirus cases on Sunday, with all seven new Covid-19 infections coming from people who had arrived in the city from overseas. The seven imported cases include five people who arrived in the city...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 13:21:51 +0800
Police make largest cocaine bust since 2011
Police say they have made their largest cocaine seizure in a decade, seizing over 700 kilos of cocaine in Sha Tin, with a street value of about HK$900 million. Two men, aged 19 and 25, have been arrested. Senior Superintendent of the police's narc...

Sun, 04 Apr 2021 09:47:12 +0800
'Look to mainland for opportunities': Eugene Chan
The President of the pro-Beijing Association of Hong Kong Professionals, Eugene Chan, has called on people here to make the most of the opportunities offered by the mainland's development, saying those who looked north, rather than overseas, could ri...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 16:23:48 +0800
CE singles out education and media for 'improvement'
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday that her government will step up efforts to “improve” Hong Kong’s education, media, as well as the training and management of civil servants, saying work in these areas are crucial in restoring confid...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:47:24 +0800
Two Covid cases reported as crowds celebrate Easter
Health authorities are urging people to stay vigilant during the Easter break, as the city recorded only two new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, with no infections being untraceable. The only local infection of the day involves a 5 year-old boy who liv...

Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:30:08 +0800
NSL judges won't sit on candidate vetting body: Govt
Government officials have rejected suggestions that national security judges should sit on a vetting body that screens would-be election candidates in future, as questions persist on whether the committee should comprise only principal government off...



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