Three top Hong Kong officials have apologised for violating social distancing rules, saying they thought a hotpot dinner they attended with several others back in March was exempt from a ban on large gatherings. Director of Immigration Au Ka-wang, C...

Some lawmakers on Friday urged the government to give up plans for a travel bubble with Singapore as the city-state looks to change its strategy against the Covid-19 pandemic. Singapore had recently announced that it planned to relax contact tracing...

The Centre for Health Protection on Friday reported one new imported Covid-19 case. The patient, an 18-year-old man, was undergoing quarantine at a hotel in Sai Ying Pun after flying in from the Netherlands. He did not have any symptoms. Meanwhil...

A structural engineer says a construction blunder at The Pavilia Farm residential complex may have involved the wrong type of concrete being used, or the right concrete put in the wrong place. Property developer New World Development said on Thursda...

Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei on Friday urged the government to clarify rumours that dozens of pro-democracy councillors could soon be unseated for being unpatriotic. The rumours, linked to an upcoming requirement for councillors to take an o...

Following a backlash, the University of Hong Kong's student union council has withdrawn a motion that expressed sadness over the death of a man who stabbed a police officer last week. At a press briefing in the small hours of Friday morning, the un...

Southern district councillor Paul Zimmerman is urging the government to make clear what its intentions are over the fate of district councillors, saying it appears to be playing a 'scare game', which is extremely unhealthy. Around 70 district counc...

The Department of Justice on Thursday warned against what it calls “persistent harassment” against a judge, saying those who break the law by harassing or even threatening judges must bear severe legal consequences. The comes after District Cou...

The former president of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers, Greg Wong, on Thursday described a construction blunder involving two residential towers in Tai Wai as a "rare incident", agreeing that the best course of action is for the blocks to be de...

A number of top government officials, including the undersecretary for security, as well as the heads of the customs and immigration departments have admitted that they were both given fixed penalty tickets back in March for flouting social distancin...

Property developer New World Development on Thursday 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 ...

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 students�...

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...