The government said from March next year, people will be required to register their identities when buying pay-as-you-go mobile phone SIM cards. Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau made the announcement on Tuesday, saying a m...

A slogan often chanted at past June 4 vigils in Hong Kong may be illegal depending on the circumstances, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday, amid growing suggestions from pro-Beijing figures that calls to “end one-party rule” in China may...

The League of Social Democrats announced on Tuesday it is not going to field candidates in the upcoming election committee or Legislative Council polls, saying Hong Kong has lost a fair and just electoral system following Beijing’s overhaul. The p...

Allowing fully vaccinated senior executives of listed companies to skip quarantine when they come to Hong Kong is important for the city’s economic revival, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday. The policy, announced by the Securities and Fu...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that the government is penalising those who have not been inoculated against Covid-19 – a day after her health secretary warned that the unvaccinated may be barred from restaurants and ent...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan on Tuesday defended the government's plan to deny unvaccinated people from entering venues like restaurants and schools if a fifth wave of Covid-19 infections hit Hong Kong, saying the measure is not meant to divide socie...

The Law Society has condemned acts of intimidation targetting the judiciary after a judge received threatening phone calls following a case in which she jailed a group of high-profile pro-democracy figures. The society, the professional association ...

A patients' rights activist has urged the government not to implement the idea of banning unvaccinated people from venues such as restaurants and sports halls in the event of a new wave of Covid-19 infections. Alex Lam, who chairs the group Hong Kon...

Police have warned companies that in the unfortunate event that their data is held hostage by criminals using ransomware they should not pay up – especially with cryptocurrency. Officers said using virtual currency would make it extremely difficul...

Forty-seven people accused of national security crimes related to last year’s pan-democratic primaries appeared in court on Monday, with the counsel for several defendants questioning whether they would receive a jury trial. However, they did not r...

Health authorities reported four imported Covid-19 infections on Monday, including the case of a 40-year-old man who returned a positive antibody test three weeks after emerging from quarantine. The patient, who arrived in Hong Kong from India on Ap...

A public health expert has welcomed government plans to introduce vaccine incentives for Hong Kong, saying widespread coverage is the only way the city can return to normal. “Hopefully, the policies would lead to an increased rate of vaccination u...

Authorities on Monday made a fresh push to boost the city’s lowly vaccination rate, and warned that people who are not inoculated may be barred from restaurants, schools and entertainment venues should a fifth wave of Covid-19 sweep Hong Kong. Chi...

An elderly democracy activist arrested on Sunday for staging a solo demonstration over the Tiananmen Square massacre was released on Monday, with police saying she could still be charged. Alexandra Wong – known as Grandma Wong – was stopped by p...

A constitutional law scholar at the University of Hong Kong has questioned whether the sentences handed down to ten veteran pro-democracy activists last week have undermined people’s confidence in the judiciary. Speaking on an RTHK programme on Mo...

Leading microbiologist Ho Pak-leung warned on Monday that it’s just a matter of time before Hong Kong is hit by a new wave of Covid-19 infections, so social distancing measures should only be relaxed for those who are fully vaccinated. “We have ...

RTHK on Sunday learnt that the government will allow civil servants to enjoy a day off for each Covid jab they take, with sources saying an announcement will be made as early as this week. The chairman of the Federation of Civil Service Unions, Leu...

The organisers of the annual June Fourth events to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre on Sunday reopened a museum for people to learn more about the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989 and to pay tribute to the victims. For the sec...

Health officials on Sunday reported zero new Covid infections for the third time this month. The Centre for Health Protection added that five previous patients, who were thought to have caught the virus in the SAR, were probably imported cases. I...

The Hong Kong Police Force said 2,000 people attended its first recruitment drive since 2019, held on Sunday at the Police College in Wong Chuk Hang. Baron Chan, superintendent of the recruitment division, said the police force aimed to hire 1,500 ...