Legislators on Thursday urged the customs and immigration departments to respond to media reports that their heads were both given fixed penalty tickets back in March for flouting social distancing rules, with one urging officials not to "disappoint ...

Property developer New World Development says two of its residential blocks at a highly-popular complex under construction in Tai Wai will have to be torn down and rebuilt, after they failed concrete strength tests. In a statement, New World said t...

The Transport Department said on Thursday that it is offering a one-off, free body check to taxi and minibus drivers in an attempt to encourage them to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Some elderly residents and people with chronic conditions are h...

The University of Hong Kong on Thursday condemned its students’ union for "whitewashing violence" for mourning a man who killed himself after stabbing a police officer in Causeway Bay last week. During a meeting on Wednesday night, the studentsâ€...

Pro-Beijing legislator Paul Tse on Thursday said authorities need not adopt a "harsh" approach to recover all the salaries given to district councillors who are disqualified for being unpatriotic. Reports have indicated that the government is expect...

Private clinics might soon be able to administer BioNTech jabs after studies showed the Covid vaccines don't need to be stored in ultra-cold conditions and that normal fridge temperatures are adequate. This is according to the convenor of a governme...

Health officials on Thursday morning announced that no coronavirus cases had been found after locking down the Chung Mei Building in Tai Kok Tsui overnight. As of 1 am about 1,200 residents had been tested. Compulsory testing was completed at about ...

The government on Wednesday announced that most social distancing curbs would remain in place until July 21 as Hong Kong’s coronavirus situation stabilised. A government spokesman said the measures were needed as “the threat brought by mutant st...

West Kowloon Court on Wednesday denied bail to three secondary school students who have been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist activities over an alleged bomb plot. The trio were among nine people arrested by the police this week over an a...

More than one million workers will have more days off starting from next year, after the Legislative Council on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the number of statutory holidays from 12 to 17, by 2030. Currently, all workers are entitled to 12 s...

Security Secretary Chris Tang said on Wednesday that the authorities will look into accusations that Falun Gong has breached the national security law, as legislators clamoured for the group to be outlawed. At a Legco meeting, Tang was asked why Fal...

The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) on Wednesday revealed that it had suspended one of its employees, saying the member of staff was among a group of people recently arrested on suspicion of engaging in terrorist activities. On Tuesday, authori...

The District Court on Wednesday found two students guilty of rioting at Chinese University in 2019, but acquitted two others of the same charge. Judge Clement Lee said video footage showed that Cheung Chun-ho, 20, and Tang Hei-man, 24, were among a...

Chief Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday that people who downplay terrorist acts are "sinners of a thousand years", as he launched an apparent attack on University of Hong Kong law professor Johannes Chan. The scholar has been criticised by the a...

Chief Secretary John Lee said on Wednesday that a vetting body for would-be elections candidates will try its best to screen out people who are only pretending that they uphold the Basic Law and bear allegiance to the SAR. The minister was speaking...

The Bar Association says it is opposed to a proposal by Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng to allow legal officers in her department to attain the title of senior counsel when they are not barristers, saying there is "overwhelming opposition" to the ...

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog on Wednesday dismissed reports that tech giants like Google could withdraw from Hong Kong if the government proceeds with its plans to implement new data protection legislation. The Asia Internet Coalition, which inclu...

Political commentator Joseph Cheng on Wednesday said he was not surprised about a suspected bomb plot targeting public facilities across Hong Kong, saying there were similar reports during the anti-government protests in 2019. Cheng said there was ...

Security Secretary Chris Tang has suggested that scholars who have defended the public mourning of a man who died following a knife attack on a policeman could face prosecution – for allegedly encouraging people to support terrorism and even pushin...

A lawyer who had been found guilty of attacking an off-duty policeman in 2019 was on Tuesday given a four-and-a-half-month jail sentence. Eastern Magistracy said Samuel Bickett caused the officer multiple injuries by hitting his hand and stepping o...