Police on Monday said they had made a second arrest over bottles of combustible material allegedly being thrown onto a slope near Government House on July 1. The force said it had arrested a 19-year-old woman in Sha Tin on suspicion of conspiring to...

Health officials said on Monday that they had reclassified the Covid infection of a hotel cleaner as being "related to an imported case". The 41-year-old woman, who works part-time at Bridal Tea House Hotel in Yau Ma Tei, was previously regarded as...

Kowloon City Magistracy on Monday handed down a three-month jail sentence to a man officials linked to a small outbreak of a variant strain of the coronavirus after he failed to report his movements around the city. Syed Mohamed Rizvi, who arrived ...

All judiciary staff, administrative officers and those in law enforcement have a responsibility to safeguard national security, a mainland official in Hong Kong said on Monday. Addressing a legal forum on the security law, the director of the Office...

The government's latest pandemic handout has proven popular, with more than two million people signing up for HK$5,000 worth of electronic consumption vouchers as of Monday morning. The scheme, which lets people buy goods electronically on their sm...

Police on Sunday arrested two people for allegedly inciting others to kill officers and set police premises on fire. Authorities said a 20-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man posted the messages on social media on July 2 – a day after a police o...

Health authorities reported three new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, all of which involved people flying in from the United Kingdom. The new patients, aged between 15 and 20, were staying in quarantine hotels at Chek Lap Kok, Wong Chuk Hang and She...

A grassroots concern group said on Sunday that landlords of subdivided flats are still overcharging tenants for electricity and water, even as a new law bans them from charging jacked-up water fees and as officials work on bringing in tenancy control...

The new Chief Secretary, John Lee, said on Sunday that history will judge his performance, and whether it was right for him to be promoted into the second highest position in government. In a television interview, Lee was asked whether he was the ri...

Police said on Sunday that its national security department has taken over the case of a knife attack on a policeman in Causeway Bay on Thursday, and warned people against mourning the attacker who had committed suicide. The officer, who is now in ...

People have started registering for the HK$5,000 consumption voucher scheme on Sunday, and officials say as of noon, over 700,000 people have signed up. A government spokesman said things have been going smoothly, even though those signing up throu...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan on Sunday said she is still hopeful that Hong Kong’s Covid-19 vaccination rate could be further boosted. She was commenting on a recent uptick in inoculations, with around 60,000 shots being given each day. Speaking...

The MTR says there will be no trains between Hung Hom and Mong Kok East stations on Sunday because of track works for the East Rail cross-harbour section. Passengers are being advised to take the Tuen Ma Line or other lines. A free shuttle bus ser...

A suspected mentally-disordered man has been detained after allegedly trying to grab a police officer's gun in Sham Shui Po on Saturday afternoon. Police had received a call that a man was pushing over bins in the area. Officers went to the scene ...

The heads of five of Hong Kong's disciplined services on Saturday issued a joint statement condemning the knife attack on a policeman in Causeway Bay on Thursday. The officer, who is now in a stable condition after being critical, had been on duty ...

A 24-year-old man has collapsed and died while hiking in Sai Kung. Another person, aged 50, also collapsed. They were both airlifted to Eastern Hospital by helicopter, where the 24-year-old was declared dead. The 50-year-old is now conscious. T...

Vitasoy on Saturday said it did not issue an internal memo that offered condolences to the family of a police-stabbing suspect who worked at the company. The memo claimed the company had gotten in touch with his family and would provide assistance i...

The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday reported one new imported coronavirus infection. The latest case involves a 39-year-old man who flew in from South Korea. The man, who stayed at Kerry Hotel in Hung Hom, did not show any symptoms. Hong...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang on Saturday condemned people whom he said were glorifying terrorism and encouraging violence. He made the comment following the death of a 50-year-old man who stabbed himself after allegedly knifing a police officer...

Education minister Kevin Yeung said on Saturday that teachers who are not vaccinated may be ordered to do regular Covid tests, as the bureau considers resuming full-day classes for secondary students in the new school year. Speaking after a radio pr...