Health officials on Friday reported two new imported Covid-19 cases, both found with the L452R mutant strain. One of them, a 53-year-old man who flew in from Germany, had received two doses of the BioNTech jab in Hong Kong earlier this year. Anot...

The government has come under heavy criticism from lawmakers over the exemption of Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and her film crew from quarantine. "Is that going to be a precedent? Does it mean that when people come to make films they will be ex...

Hong Kong's member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) Tam Yiu-chung on Friday said a vote on adding the mainland's anti-foreign sanctions law to the SAR's Basic Law had been postponed. The NPCSC was originally expected to ...

Police were on Friday investigating the death of one of their own officers, after he reportedly shot himself in the head at the force's New Territories North headquarters in Tai Po. A shot was heard in the building at about 7 o'clock on Friday mor...

The head of the Hong Kong-Singapore Business Association, Philip Chan, said on Friday that it was "understandable" for the two governments to scrap plans for a travel bubble, given their different strategies in handling the Covid-19 pandemic. Hong K...

An international business group has warned that Hong Kong's move to enhance quarantine as it attempts to keep out new strains of Covid-19 is leading some to question whether they can continue operating from the SAR at a time when much of the world is...

Singapore said on Thursday that it will soon lift its quarantine requirement for travellers arriving from Hong Kong, as both governments agree to stop pursuing a travel bubble between the two sides. From 11:59pm on Friday, August 20, Hong Kong visi...

Four University of Hong Kong students charged with advocating terrorism have been remanded in custody after their court appearance on Thursday. The suspects, aged 18 to 20, have been accused of contravening Article 27 of the national security law on...

The Communications Authority (CA) on Thursday said two complaints against RTHK have been substantiated, including one that involved the wrong use of the term "nationwide" in a news story about Taiwan. The story in question was about a by-election he...

Health experts said on Thursday that samples of a man who tested positive for the coronavirus might have been contaminated by inactivated virus strains from Sinovac vaccines. If confirmed, it would be the second such case in about three months. The...

Kenneth Ng, political assistant to the constitutional and mainland affairs minister, has resigned and will leave the administration on August 30, the government announced on Thursday. Ng, a former TVB journalist, will join the West Kowloon Cultural ...

The government said on Thursday that Hollywood star Nicole Kidman had not breached any of the conditions that came with her quarantine-free arrival in Hong Kong, including minimising any contact with the public. The actor was allowed to skip quarant...

Police said on Thursday they had made their largest drug seizure of the year, netting 148 kilogrammes of ice and 86 kilogrammes of heroin. The haul was estimated to be worth HK$195 million. Officers said the drugs were uncovered on Wednesday at an ...

The District Court on Thursday jailed one man for 40 months and another for 36 months over the possession of petrol bombs. City University student Cheng Kam-fai, 22, and construction worker Wong Kin-kei, 21, were earlier found guilty of possessing ...

Health officials on Thursday reported five imported Covid-19 infections. The patients – who arrived from Pakistan, Germany, Malaysia, Turkey and Bangladesh – all carried the L452R mutant strain. Four of the five had been vaccinated against the ...

Two men on Thursday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, in a national security case linked to jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai. At the High Court, Andy Li, 31, and Chan Tsz-wah, 30, admitted to colluding with Lai, 73, and other...

Police on Thursday said they have arrested an 87-year-old man over the attack at Yuen Long MTR Station on July 21, 2019. A force spokesman said the man was being detained on suspicion of rioting and conspiracy to wound with intent. Last month, the ...

Respiratory medicine specialist Leung Chi-chiu said on Thursday that people needn’t rush to get a booster dose of the Covid-19 jab, pointing out that vaccines would continue to protect against serious illness even if one’s antibody levels fall. ...

Researchers at Chinese University have started giving Covid-19 booster shots to people who have had both doses of the Sinovac vaccine, after a study they conducted found these people had low antibody levels. A respiratory diseases expert at the univ...

Lawmakers voted on Wednesday to treat certain wildlife offences as organised and serious crimes, in an effort to combat wildlife trafficking. The move to include these crimes in the Organised and Serious Crimes Ordinance gives authorities more powe...