The coroner's court on Friday ruled that a man who staged a knife attack at a supermarket in March 2019 was lawfully killed by a police officer. The court heard that Li Ho-ting, 54, knifed the manager of a supermarket on Reclamation Street in Yau M...

A University of Hong Kong infectious disease expert suggested on Friday that people who have received the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine this year should be the first in line to get booster doses if they are eventually offered. A study by HKU researche...

Those involved in governing Hong Kong must have the courage to fight anyone who tries to harm national sovereignty and safety and can't shy away from confrontations, a senior Beijing official in charge of Hong Kong affairs said on Friday. Xia Baolon...

District councillors on Friday called on the government to provide a solution to the standstill at some councils, whose memberships have been decimated by mass resignations this month. While there have been resignations of individual district counci...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday said the SAR government will "deepen" its implementation of the national security law, in order to meet Beijing's expectations. Among other things, the central government wants Hong Kong to bring the 60 or so peo...

The founder of prisoners' rights group Wall-fare, Shiu Ka-chun, has urged the Ombudsman to help bring about changes to prison visits by Justices of the Peace (JP), saying various measures are being used by the authorities to stop inmates from making ...

Privacy Commissioner Ada Chung on Friday warned that entire websites could be blocked if the hosts refuse to take down any doxxing content. However, she insisted this would be a last resort and such a move would be "rare" under the anti-doxxing law ...

The United States is preparing to impose sanctions on Friday on a number of Chinese officials over what it deems as Beijing's crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong, as well as a warning to international businesses operating there about deteriorating co...

The Security Bureau said late on Thursday that it had been notified by the Nuclear Emergency Committee Office of the Guangdong Province of an operational event at Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station (DBNPS). It said that during a routine inspection...

Variety magazine reported on Thursday that the Cannes Film Festival plans to screen 'Revolution of Our Times', about the Hong Kong protests in a decision that's expected to anger the central and Hong Kong governments. Variety reported that the orga...

A 47-year-old woman was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment after she was found guilty of killing two of her elderly relatives in a park over a family property dispute. A seven-member High Court jury, following a five-hour discussion, also c...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday that Hong Kong’s bribery laws should never cover the city’s leader, adding that her successors shouldn’t amend the laws either as this would undermine the chief executive’s constitutional responsibi...

Pro-government lawmaker Priscilla Leung said on Thursday that she supports the authorities' move to introduce laws targeting doxxing and the sharing of other's information without consent. Lawmakers are expected to scrutinise the relevant bill next ...

Health authorities reported no new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the second time this month that Hong Kong has seen no fresh infections. The Centre for Health Protection added that there are fewer than five preliminary positive cases for the day. Ho...

Lingnan University’s students’ union accused the institution of suppression on Thursday, after it announced it will no longer collect membership fees on behalf of the student body. The university said it came to the decision after receiving comp...

The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) says the past year was the worst ever for press freedom in the territory, with Apple Daily forced to close and the industry facing "increasing threats" from the authorities. Releasing its annual report ti...

Hong Kong needs to fix its "negative image", Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday, as she complained that some people are driving others away from the city. At a Legco question and answer session, lawmakers repeatedly asked Lam when the borde...

Carrie Lam says the government is considering whether to require more government workers to get vaccinated against Covid-19, or face compulsory tests at their own expense. At a Legco question and answer session on Thursday, Lam said Hong Kong has m...

Customs officers say for the first time they have broken up a suspected money laundering syndicate involving cryptocurrency, arresting four men believed to be linked to the case. Authorities said they started their investigation after noticing susp...

Relief may be on the way for Hong Kong families struggling to hire foreign domestic workers, as authorities are reportedly ironing out a plan to allow fully vaccinated helpers to come to the SAR to work – as early as next month. That’s accordin...