The government’s voucher scheme has drawn mixed responses from small businesses on the first day of its launch, with some remaining doubtful about its effectiveness and others saying it would likely boost sales. The owner of a children’s outfitt...

Hong Kong has reported three imported Covid-19 cases, involving people who flew in from the US and Cambodia. They are all asymptomatic. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Sunday said two of the patients – a 19-year-old girl from the US and...

A grassroots organisation on Sunday urged the authorities to provide free dental check-ups for senior citizens, saying many underprivileged elderly couldn’t afford to see a dentist even though they suffered serious toothaches. The Society for Comm...

The government said it has issued the first HK$2,000 installment of its spending voucher scheme, to about 5.5 million people. Large crowds were seen at MTR stations across the city on Sunday morning, collecting their money at designated Octopus car...

Government workers have to get at least a shot of Covid-19 vaccine, or they will be required to get tested every two weeks starting from Monday, according to an internal notice seen by civil servant groups. From September 1 onwards, those who have n...

The Education Bureau announced on Saturday that it would stop working with the city's largest teachers' group - the Professional Teachers' Union, hours after state media launched an attack on the pro-democracy group and called for it to be investigat...

Beijing has hit out at foreign politicians for their criticism over the nine-year jail term given to Tong Ying-kit, the first person to be convicted of breaching the national security law in Hong Kong. The sentence was handed down by three handpick...

Hong Kong reported no new Covid-19 infections on Saturday – the sixth time this month. All 28 cases reported in the past fortnight were imported, and health officials also said there were fewer than five preliminary positive cases for the day. ...

Local suicide-prevention group, Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong, on Saturday reported 438 suicides among people aged 60 or more in the past year, the highest number recorded since 1973. Clarence Tsang, the group’s executive director, said the coro...

State media on Saturday launched an attack on the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union, describing the pro-democracy group as a tumour that must be rooted out. In an article, the People's Daily said the union has stood against education and profe...

Health officials on Friday reported two imported Covid infections that involve patients who had been fully vaccinated. The Centre for Health Protection said the two men, arriving from Switzerland and the United States, had received both doses of the...

Security Secretary Chris Tang on Friday called on former Apple Daily workers to inform the authorities if they saw any national security breaches or other illegal acts during their time with the newspaper, suggesting the media outlet hadn't treated i...

Police say they have arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of insulting the national anthem as crowds of people gathered in a shopping mall to watch an Olympic broadcast. Officers alleged that the suspect, who told them he was a journalist, waved...

The official in charge of Hong Kong's sports development on Friday appealed to the public to let the controversy surrounding athletes' jerseys go, and focus on their performances instead. The Sports Commissioner, Yeung Tak-keung, was speaking in To...

Property developers on Friday dangled the prospect of another flat giveaway in a bid to boost the city’s vaccination rate. Sino Group's Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation and Chinese Estates Holdings are already offering a one-bedroom flat worth H...

Former waiter Tong Ying-kit was jailed for nine years on Friday, three days after the High Court ruled that he was a terrorist who had incited fellow Hongkongers to split the city from the rest of China. Following a 15-day trial without a jury, thre...

Cheers, applause and even a few tears broke out around Hong Kong shopping malls once again on Friday as swimmer Siobhan Haughey won another silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Expectations were high for the Hong Kong athlete ahead of the 100 metre ...

A lot more taxis are accepting digital payments in the hope of gaining more business when the government starts handing out electronic spending vouchers on August 1, a taxi association representative says. On an RTHK programme, the chairman of the ...

A former coach of Siobhan Haughey says the Hong Kong swimming star's mental toughness has helped her become the best swimmer in the territory's history, describing her strength as "a special gift from God". After becoming the first Hong Kong athlete...

Police have told RTHK that they've launched an investigation into the booing of the national anthem during an Olympic broadcast at a Kwun Tong shopping mall. Large numbers of fans gathered at the APM Mall in Kwun Tong on Monday night to see fencer C...