Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday officiated at the launch of the final section of the Tuen Ma line, a day before trains start carrying people on the 56-kilometre long route. When it opens to passengers on Sunday, the Tuen Ma line will become t...

Health authorities on Saturday confirmed two additional Covid-19 cases – both imported – making it the second consecutive day for the city to record no new local infection. One of the newly reported cases was an 18-year-old woman arriving from ...

New police commissioner, Raymond Siu, on Saturday blamed “fake news" for harming relations between the force and the public, saying it has given young people wrong impressions about the police. Answering reporters’ questions for the first time a...

Newly installed Chief Secretary John Lee on Saturday insisted he is well-suited to his new role, after concerns were raised about his experience following his promotion to the second highest position in the government. "There is no know-all, I think...

Secretary for Health Sophia Chan said she was hopeful Hong Kong's Covid vaccination rate could rise to 50 percent, noting that daily inoculation figures recently reached new highs. "The figures have been encouraging," Chan said during an RTHK progr...

Next Digital announced on Friday that it won’t be able to publish its annual results by the end of the month due to police's national security investigations linked to its now-defunct newspaper, Apple Daily. In documents filed with the Stock Exch...

Academics say Friday’s top-government reshuffle and promotion of disciplinary services officers into key positions indicate that maintaining national security will be Beijing's main priority going forward. Ivan Choy, a senior lecturer at the Chin...

Lawyers for a gay man who won a legal challenge against the Housing Authority over the right for same-sex couples to live together in a subsidised flat welcomed the ruling, but described the victory as "bittersweet." The High Court on Friday ruled i...

A policeman testifying on day three of Tong Ying-kit's national security trial on Friday said he couldn't speculate as to what caused the suspect's motorbike crash with officers. Tong, 24, is accused of inciting secession, terrorism and dangerous d...

Health authorities have confirmed that a local Covid-19 patient has the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus. Officials say the genetic sequencing of the coronavirus found in a 27-year-old airport worker is identical to strains found in pat...

A gay man on Friday won his second judicial challenge against the government – this time over a policy that barred same-sex couples from officially living together in subsidised housing. The High Court on Friday ruled in favour of Henry Li and hi...

A pro-Beijing lawmaker has dismissed concerns about the promotion of two officials with law enforcement backgrounds to senior positions in the SAR administration, saying if Hong Kong is now a police state then so be it. Security Secretary John Lee ...

Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei on Friday questioned John Lee's suitability for the role of chief secretary, saying his limited experience in government and shepherding of the ill-fated extradition bill in 2019 count against him. Lee, formerly ...

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung has thanked all the Hong Kong chief executives he has worked under, as he leaves the government after almost five decades. At a media briefing on Friday, Cheung didn't reveal whether it was his idea to stand down. He ...

Beijing on Friday confirmed a reshuffle of the SAR administration, with Secretary for Security John Lee replacing Matthew Cheung as chief secretary, and Police Commissioner Chris Tang replacing Lee. One of Tang's deputies, Raymond Siu, is becoming t...

Infectious disease expert Joseph Tsang on Friday welcomed reimposing a 21-day quarantine on UK arrivals, where the Delta variant is prevalent. “We have to closely observe those incoming travellers, we have to do repeated viral testing, including ...

Hong Kong’s number two official, Matthew Cheung, is being allowed to bow out of Carrie Lam’s administration by Beijing, local media reported on Friday. The 70-year-old Chief Secretary will be replaced by Secretary for Security John Lee in a resh...

US President Joe Biden lamented a "sad day for media freedom in Hong Kong and around the world" after the pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid was forced to close under the new national security law. The newspaper published its defiant final edition on...

Health officials on Thursday said the quarantine requirements for people returning from the UK will be tightened from Monday, after a surge in Covid-19 cases involving a more infectious strain of the virus there. Currently, those who’re arriving ...

Authorities on Thursday said they are investigating why around a dozen books written by Apple Daily founder, Jimmy Lai, went on display at the Shek Tong Tsui Public Library. The tycoon has been charged with colluding with foreign forces to endanger...