Ten headteacher associations and school councils on Monday urged Legco to pass a bill that has been in the pipeline for two years to ban e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products. Government figures last year showed less than one percent of primary ...

People who hope to join the powerful Election Committee said on Monday that they want to ensure patriots govern Hong Kong, while seeking a stable and prosperous society for businesses to operate in. They made the comments on day three of the nominat...

The government will on Wednesday expand walk-in vaccination services to cover people aged 60 and above. At present, people who are 70 or older can get a same-day ticket to get a Covid-19 jab without having to make an online reservation in advance, ...

The Consumer Council said on Monday that if people try to get a refund from a consumption voucher purchase, the money should be returned to their e-payment accounts. The watchdog's chief executive, Gilly Wong, said in one complaint it received last...

The head of Hong Kong’s delegation to the Tokyo Olympics says the government should use the momentum galvanised by the SAR’s best games ever to develop lower-profile sports. Pui Kwan-kay said now is the time to put more resources into sports tha...

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has paid tribute to SAR's record breaking performance at the Tokyo Olympics after Hong Kong athletes finished with one gold medal, two silvers, and three bronze in five sports - its highest ever Olympic haul. Track ...

The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office on Sunday said it firmly opposed and condemned the temporary "safe haven" offered by the US to Hong Kong residents staying there. Its comments come after US President Joe Biden signed a memo last week to imple...

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to more arguments between parents and their children, with some confessing they had thought of hurting themselves to deal with pressure, a survey has found. One expert described the situation as “shocking”. The Hon...

Health authorities on Sunday reported two new Covid infections, both imported. One of them, a 30-year-old man, arrived in Hong Kong on August 6 from the United States. He was vaccinated in the US in April with the BioNTech jab, and was found to ca...

Police on Sunday said they had seized HK$57 million worth of drugs in Yuen Long, and made two arrests. Detectives said they found the 106-kilogramme haul hidden inside two containers at a logistic firm’s storage site in Yuen Long, during an anti-d...

The Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng said on Sunday that Beijing’s anti-sanctions law could be imposed on Hong Kong in the same way that the national security law was – by adding it annex three of the Basic Law. Cheng said this would be the �...

The president of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprises Association, Pam Mak, said on Sunday that some businesses are finding it difficult to familiarise themselves with electronic payment platforms – but the shift is long overdue. "You can se...

Police commissioner Raymond Siu said on Saturday that no "criminal element" was involved in an incident in which the director of the police's national security bureau was found at an unlicensed massage parlour. It was revealed in May that senior as...

The Democratic Party on Saturday confirmed that its vice-chairman, Lee Wing-tat, has left the SAR. Earlier, the pro-Beijing Wen Wei Po reported that Lee has been seen at the airport boarding a flight to London on Friday night. The party's chair, L...

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 ...