Health Secretary Sophia Chan on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that a new committee would take into account political factors when compiling a list of overseas medical schools to be recognised by Hong Kong. The committee is being set up under a propo...

The District Court on Tuesday denied bail for six veteran pro-democracy activists who pleaded guilty to organising an unauthorised protest on October 1, 2019, as they await their sentences. Upon an application by the Department of Justice, Judge Am...

Civil service unions have called on the administration to introduce a pay freeze, after the latest report by the official Pay Trend Survey Committee suggested pay cuts of up to 2.04 percent for government staff. The government-appointed panel on Tue...

The government announced on Tuesday that it's temporarily suspending operations of its office in Taiwan with immediate effect, but said the decision has nothing to do with the latest Covid-19 situation on the island. In a brief statement, the govern...

The incoming bishop of Hong Kong Stephen Chow on Tuesday said he is not afraid of commenting on controversial political issues, but believes “prudence is also a virtue”, as he sidestepped a number of contentious questions related to Beijing. Cho...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday responded to criticism of the city’s civil service by her predecessor CY Leung, who accused government workers of dragging their feet on housing problems. Leung, who served as chief executive in the five years...

The last store standing in Kwun Tong's Yue Man Square – a decades-old fruit juice shop – is being evicted on Tuesday to make way for a major redevelopment project undertaken by the Urban Renewal Authority. The elderly owner of the shop, surname...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has brushed aside concerns that Hong Kong is too slow in reopening its borders, saying while her administration does want to resume cross-border travel, it must not sacrifice the safety of Hong Kong people. Her comment on ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday dismissed what she called "attacks from western media" on Hong Kong's status as an international financial centre, saying the move to freeze the assets of jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai strengthens – rather than...

Activist-investor David Webb says prosecutors would need to argue in court how jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai - the founder of the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper - benefited financially from alleged national security offences, after his shares in the p...

Pope Francis on Monday named Stephen Chow as the new bishop of Hong Kong, a long-delayed appointment that comes amid growing Sino-Vatican frictions and escalating Western concern over alleged human rights violations in the global financial hub. In a...

Security Secretary John Lee has dismissed accusations that he is suppressing press freedom and violating people's right to private property ownership, after he froze the assets and shareholdings of Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai on Friday. It was the...

Lawmakers said on Monday that the threshold to convict doxxers under proposed legal amendments is too high, and prosecutors shouldn't have to prove that a victim had been intimidated or suffered psychological harm. Secretary for Constitutional and ...

Hong Kong Disneyland on Monday reported a record net loss of HK$2.7 billion for the last fiscal year, with the park placing the blame on frequent shut downs and dwindling tourist numbers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. But the theme park sa...

The SAR government on Monday confirmed that Hong Kong's "travel bubble" with Singapore won't get off the ground on May 26 as planned. The scheme was originally slated to be launched in November last year, but was deferred after Hong Kong suffered a ...

The Consumer Council warned on Monday that more than half of the children’s art supplies it tested leach toxic metal substances – which, when taken in excessive quantities, can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, or even chronic disease. The watchdog tes...

Ten veteran pro-democracy activists have pleaded guilty to organising an unauthorised protest on Hong Kong Island on October 1, 2019. The defendants are former legislators Lee Cheuk-yan, Leung Kwok-hung, Albert Ho, Yeung Sum, Cyd Ho, Sin Chung-kai,...

Hong Kong's top court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal by a man convicted of rioting for taking part in the Mong Kok clashes in 2016. Lo Kin-man was sentenced in 2018 to seven years in prison by the High Court. He received the longest sentence of ...

A taxi driver was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail for transporting more than 40 petrol bombs during anti-government protests in October 2019. Tsang Wai-lung, 31, had earlier pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit arson and p...

A veteran unionist on Monday described the government’s warning that it may deregister trade unions on national security grounds as "scary", and said such a move would further stifle civil society. The head of the Confederation of Trade Unions, M...