A coroner’s jury has called for staffing levels to be increased at homes for people with disabilities, after ruling that the death of a teenager who fell from a Kwai Chung home was accidental. The 14-year-old boy, who had a moderate intellectual ...

The Civil Human Rights Front said on Tuesday that it will not comply with police demands that it hand over information on its finances and activities, as the force probes whether the pro-democracy group should be outlawed. Police had accused the fro...

West Kowloon Magistracy has issued warrants for the arrest of three people charged with protest-related offences, after they failed to attend a hearing on Tuesday morning. The trio are among 21 people aged between 17 and 41 who are accused of helpi...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government has not actually made up its mind on whether to go ahead with its plan to require all foreign domestic workers to be vaccinated against coronavirus in the future. The plan was announced ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has insisted that there is no "new role" for RTHK and it is still Hong Kong's public broadcaster, amid fears the station is being transformed into a government mouthpiece. On Monday, the station began deleting some of its ...

An infectious disease specialist has called on people to get tested if they've been to a Tung Chung mall on or after April 11, after authorities confirmed that three patients infected with a highly contagious variant of Covid-19 had visited the place...

An employers group on Tuesday said it hopes the government will allow more time for migrant domestic workers to get tested for Covid-19. Helpers usually have only one day off a week, and were given nine days to take a test, as the government tries ...

The head of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Henry Tang, said on Monday that the authority would be "scolded by 1.4 billion compatriots" if it were to charge tourists more than locals to visit the SAR's new Palace Museum. DAB lawmaker L...

The Centre for Health Protection on Monday evening sent residents of all 40 flats at a building in Tsim Sha Tsui to quarantine, after a woman who lives there tested preliminary positive for the N501Y coronavirus variant. The housewife, 28, arrived ...

RTHK has decided not to renew the contract of a journalist who incurred the wrath of pro-Beijing politicians and media during the social unrest of 2019, the broadcaster's staff union said on Monday. Nabela Qoser will leave the station at the end of ...

Hong Kong people rushed to save copies of RTHK programmes on Monday as the station began removing shows from the internet, with a journalism academic warning that the broadcaster's move will allow the authorities to create their own version of histor...

Former chief executive CY Leung said on Monday that even poorer, remote areas of the mainland are thriving a lot more than parts of Hong Kong, and it's time people in the SAR start making the most of Beijing's plans for the country. Speaking at a s...

A student on Monday pleaded guilty to rioting in connection with an attack on a police officer in Mong Kok last year. The District Court heard that Jeffrey Nou, 20, was among a group of protesters who blockaded a road near Prince Edward MTR Station...

The head of Hong Kong’s equality watchdog said on Monday the government’s requirement for all foreign domestic workers to be tested for coronavirus isn’t discriminatory – as differential treatment is allowed for measures aiming to protect pub...

Former Kowloon City district councillor Timothy Lee has become the latest pro-democracy politician to leave Hong Kong after the Beijing-imposed national security law came into force last year. Lee wrote on social media on Monday that he was already ...

The music fountain at the Kwun Tong Promenade that was closed over fears that the water has been contaminated with soap has reopened after a thorough cleaning. Authorities said the quality of the water has also been tested to make sure it’s safe ...

The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) warned on Monday that although media workers have never been more pessimistic about press freedom in the territory, the worst is yet to come. Perceived levels of press freedom among Hong Kong journalists ...

Top microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung on Monday urged the government to check if outsourced workers had collected samples for coronavirus tests properly, warning it could be one of the loopholes in the city’s quarantine measures. His comment comes af...

The Hospital Authority on Monday warned of even longer waiting times for medical services at public hospitals, as healthcare staff work to clear a backlog of patients that has built up over the course of the coronavirus pandemic. Non-emergency servi...

The government’s latest infection control requirements imposed on foreign domestic helpers have been met with strong criticism from both the employer and employee sides, with the helpers saying they feel discriminated against, and the bosses compla...