A taxi driver has been arrested for criminal damage and entering a closed area without permit, after he crashed into a gate of the Central Barracks of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Saturday night. The 53-year-old man was driving along Lung...

The head of the Medical Association, Choi Kin, said officials should consider sending doctors to schools to directly address any concerns that teachers and parents may have about the BioNTech vaccine. His comment on Sunday comes after the governmen...

The government said it’s considering sending teams to schools to administer Covid-19 jabs, after authorities lowered the age limit for the BioNTech vaccine to 12 years old. Speaking on a television interview, education secretary Kevin Yeung said ...

Former minister and scholar Anthony Cheung said on Sunday that pro-democracy parties should take part in future elections, in spite of what he called the "difficult and challenging" situation they're in after Beijing's overhaul of Hong Kong's elector...

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung has on Sunday called on teaching staff to get inoculated against Covid-19 as soon as possible, saying information provided by around 2,000 schools across Hong Kong shows that only about 18 percent of them have received ...

The head of a child protection NGO on Sunday said calls to the organisation's child helpline have doubled during the pandemic yet the number of reported cases has decreased. Dr Patrick Cheung, the chairperson of Against Child Abuse, said anti-epidemi...

One of the organisers of the candlelight vigil to commemorate those killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown was released on bail on Saturday after being arrested on Friday for allegedly advertising the banned event. Chow Hang-tung, the vice c...

Health officials warned on Saturday that more coronavirus cases might surface after a 17-year-old girl who lives in Tin Shui Wai contracted a variant of Covid-19 first detected in the UK, while urging people to get vaccinated as soon as possible. T...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday that taking part in elections is not the only way for people to pursue a career in politics, appealing to talents to join the administration. Speaking at a seminar hosted by the pro-government DAB party, ...

China on Saturday berated the US and EU consulates in Hong Kong for displaying candles to commemorate the June 4 Tiananmen crackdown, slamming it as a "clumsy political show" to destabilise the city. Candles were seen lit in the windows of the US co...

Latest genetic analysis showed on Saturday that a secondary school girl who tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus has contracted a variant of Covid-19 that was first detected in the UK. It is the first time the UK variant, with a scientifi...

On the 100th day since the local vaccination scheme was rolled out, the minister in charge of the programme, Patrick Nip said on Saturday the next batch of BioNTech shots will be delayed, so as to avoid any wastage. He explained on a radio programm...

Executive Councillor Ronny Tong has defended the police's right to close down much of Victoria Park to prevent unauthorised gatherings marking June 4, and said anyone who thinks the force has gone beyond its powers can challenge the decision in court...

Hundreds of people on Friday defied a police ban on entering Victoria Park in Causeway Bay to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown before they were quickly told to leave. For the first time, the force closed off the par...

A housing block in Tin Shui Wai was locked down on Friday evening for mandatory coronavirus tests after a secondary schoolgirl who lives there tested preliminary positive for a mutated strain of Covid-19. The girl, 17, lives in Shing Yu House at Tin...

Students at the University of Hong Kong on Friday carried out their annual cleaning of the Pillar of Shame, to mark the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The monument on campus was created by a Danish artist to commemorate those ki...

Police on Friday sealed-off most parts of Causeway Bay's Victoria Park, saying they had seen online appeals for people to gather there despite a ban on this year's June 4 vigil. From 2pm, groups of officers sealed off the park's football pitches, ba...

Twenty-four people were injured on Friday after a school bus crashed through a set of traffic lights, colliding with a private car and a van, before veering off the road into a cycling track. Dashcam footage circulated online showed the bus hurtling...

Sources said on Friday that a 17-year-old girl has tested preliminary positive for a mutated strain of the coronavirus. She was reportedly infected with the more infectious N501Y mutated strain, and is being treated in Tuen Mun Hospital. The teenag...

RTHK said on Friday that its acting assistant director of TV and corporate businesses, Jace Au, had resigned, making her the latest senior member of staff to quit in recent months. A spokesman for the government station said Au was leaving to pursue...