Former Chief Executive CY Leung on Sunday dismissed criticism that the electoral reform Beijing has planned for Hong Kong is too drastic, saying one cannot underestimate the SAR's political problems. Speaking in an interview with TVB, Leung said th...

The Centre for Health Protection on Sunday reported 13 new coronavirus cases, among them two were locally acquired. The two local cases are residents of Oi Fai House at Yau Oi Estate in Tuen Mun, where six people who live there had recently come do...

A government adviser on the pandemic on Sunday urged the administration not to relax social distancing measures yet, saying any resurgence could thrash the hopes of the SAR to resume travel with the mainland and other places. David Hui From the Chin...

The government says it has chosen four electronic payment service providers for the electronic spending voucher scheme announced in his budget proposal back in February. Writing in his blog on Sunday, financial secretary Paul Chan said the scheme is...

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung has defended proposed changes to the city’s electoral system. Speaking on RTHK’s Letter to Hong Kong, he said the reforms - alongside the Beijing-imposed National Security Law - are needed to ensure the SAR is run b...

Customs officials say they seized 21 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about HK$58 million and a duty potential of about HK$40 million in an operation in Fo Tan and San Tin. They said in a statement that customs...

Police said on Saturday that they have detained five people in connection with burglary cases at phone stores, including two people who were arrested following a dramatic car chase on Thursday. Police shot and wounded a 45-year old male motorist in ...

Health authorities said on Saturday that they are sending more residents living in a Tuen Mun block to quarantine after two more people from the building tested preliminary positive for the virus. In total, six people from Oi Fai House at Yau Oi Es...

The Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) on Saturday expressed concern about pork from Taiwan which may contain chemicals that are banned on the mainland, the European Union and Russia. Since the beginning of the year, Taiwan has been importing America...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung on Saturday played down concerns that teachers may easily cross political "red lines" when they teach the revamped liberal studies secondary school subject in future, insisting that they could use their professional ju...

The Democratic Party says two of its former lawmakers were charged on Friday with contempt under the Legislative Council (Powers and Privileges) Ordinance. Andrew Wan was charged with two offences and Helena Wong with one. They will appear before Ea...

Health authorities on Friday partially evacuated a public housing block in Tuen Mun after four residents tested positive for Covid-19, and an expert determined that the virus likely was transmitted via the building's pipes. Residents living in units...

The Hong Kong government said on Friday that it opposes any country harbouring criminals, blasting those that do for their "barbaric interference" and warning they will pay a price for their actions. No countries or "criminals" were named in the go...

Travel sector representatives are calling on the government to reopen the cruise industry this summer, to allow people to go on "seacations" after cruises ground to a halt more than a year ago due to the pandemic. The Hong Kong Travel Agents' Relief...

Health officials on Friday said experts will investigate whether there might be environmental transmission of Covid-19 at a public housing block in Tuen Mun, after two more residents there tested preliminary positive for the virus. Two Covid cases h...

Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Secretary Erick Tsang told lawmakers on Friday that it is inevitable that some people will feel left out when the new election committee is formed, but declined to give further details of its composition as the mat...

A stage director and actor was jailed for seven and a half years on Friday for sexually assaulting underage girls and making child pornography. Wong Ka-wai, 39, admitted that between 2014 and 2018, he induced four girls he met online into taking su...

Lawmakers on Friday urged the government to look further into construction problems surrounding the scandal-hit Sha Tin to Central Link after an investigation report by an expert team revealed that more steel bars than needed were used in building Hu...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui on Friday dismissed criticism that the tightening of company registry searches is a “regression”, saying the move is aimed at protecting people’s privacy as ‘doxxing’ has bec...

The District Court has ruled that it can try offences related to uttering seditious words because the national security law prevails over all local laws. Lawyers for People Power activist Tam Tak-chi, who faces numerous charges for allegedly chantin...