Health authorities on Saturday reported seven new Covid infections, all imported and all fully vaccinated. Three flew in from the United States, while the others were from Tanzania, Austria, Spain, and France. Among the seven patients, five had re...

A government adviser on the pandemic on Saturday called for caution ahead of a change under which the SAR will allow some arrivals to undergo shorter quarantine. Starting from Monday, people arriving from medium-risk areas only need seven days in q...

The government said on Saturday that it didn't find any Covid-19 infections after testing around 300 residents of a block in Sheung Wan during an overnight lockdown. Health officials put Sea View Mansion on Connaught Road West under lockdown on Fri...

Education minister Kevin Yeung on Saturday denied suggestions that a group of University of Hong Kong students were banned from campus as a punishment for mourning a man who stabbed a police officer before killing himself. After speaking on a radio...

Customs officers said on Friday they have uncovered the city's largest cannabis-growing facility ever in an operation in which HK$70 million of suspected cannabis plants were seized. The haul was made at a house in Yuen Long which was described as a...

Hong Kong's coronavirus vaccination centres will stay open for an extra month after a recent uptick in bookings, the government announced on Friday. The territory's 29 vaccine sites were due to close at the end of September, but 26 of them will now ...

Politicians, businesspeople and other prominent Hongkongers have started throwing their hats into the ring for a seat on the city's election committee, boasting of their patriotic credentials and setting out what they expect of the next chief executi...

Health officials on Friday reported two imported Covid-19 infections, with both patients asymptomatic. The Centre for Health Protection said one of them, a 41-year-old man from Russia, was infected with the potentially more contagious L452R mutant ...

Chief Secretary John Lee has vowed to leave no stone unturned when it comes to vetting those who hope to join Hong Kong's Election Committee (EC), to make sure only true believers make it through the selection process. His warning came as the nomina...

The Foreign Ministry office in Hong Kong on Friday condemned a move by the United States to offer temporary "safe haven" to SAR residents, saying its plot to oppose China and upset the city's order is bound to fail. US President Joe Biden earlier si...

Seven members of the University of Hong Kong's legislative body have demanded the institution's governing council end its campus ban on all students who attended a controversial union meeting last month. In an open letter issued late on Thursday, th...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association, Tony Yue, says an historic bronze won by the women’s team in the Tokyo Games has shown their transformation from relying on athletes from the mainland, to producing home-grown paddlers. The ...

Police say a 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly man's body was found in Hoi Chu Road Playground in Tuen Mun on Thursday night. The 70-year-old victim had suffered multiple stab wounds, mostly to his face and ne...

Police on Friday said they had arrested a man on suspicion of murder after the body of a 70-year-old man was found in a Tuen Mun park, with stab wounds to his head and neck. A passer-by, who was walking through a playground on Hoi Chu Road, made th...

Hong Kong saw heavy rain overnight, with the Red Rainstorm Warning being issued at 1.30 am on Friday. Parts of the northern New Territories were hit by flooding. So far, there have been no reports of any injuries. The Observatory said heavy rain h...

The government on Friday partially eased home quarantine restrictions for fully-vaccinated people arriving from the mainland and Macau after the government suspended its Return2HK quarantine-free scheme earlier in the week, due to rising Covid cases ...

The government on Thursday said Hong Kong had reached a 50 percent inoculation rate for the first Covid jab, while 38 percent had had both shots. Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip, who's responsible for the vaccination drive, said more than 3.4 mi...

President Joe Biden on Thursday offered temporary "safe haven" to Hong Kong residents in the United States, allowing what could be thousands of people to extend their stay in the country in response to Beijing's crackdown on democracy in the Chinese ...

Health officials on Thursday confirmed the first local case of Covid-19 in nearly two months, though they said the man was probably infected some time ago. The patient, a 43-year-old construction worker, tested weakly positive earlier this week. Te...

The High Court on Thursday granted bail to activist and barrister Chow Hang-tung, the vice-chairwoman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China. Chow is charged with inciting others to join an unauthorised rally...