Researchers at Chinese University say the pandemic has brought an increase in the number of schoolchildren developing short-sightedness, with many spending too much time in front of a screen and not enough doing outdoor activities. The research team...

An elderly woman has died after being hit by a minibus in Kwun Tong. The accident happened at about 10am on Monday morning near Shung Yan Street. The woman was left with serious head injuries and was declared dead in hospital.

Eastern Court on Monday imposed a HK$10,000 fine on former district councillor Cheng Lai-king after she pleaded guilty to breaching a ban on public gatherings. On August 7 last year, Cheng, the former chairwoman of Central and Western District Counc...

The Centre for Health Protection on Monday reported three new imported Covid cases. One involved a 24-year-old man who flew in from Egypt on Thursday. He was found to be carrying the more infectious L452R mutant strain during his quarantine at the...

A union group on Monday expressed concern over reports that beverage maker Vitasoy is asking its staff to declare any links they and their relatives have with various organisations. Vitasoy has reportedly asked its workers to sign an agreement to al...

Animal lovers say the recent departure of thousands of Hong Kong people seeking new lives elsewhere has led to a surge in the number of abandoned pets in the territory. RTHK’s Vanessa Cheng has been speaking to some of those trying to find new ow...

Police are investigating the death of a 66-year-old man who was found with stab wounds at a hotel in North Point. Officers said the man, who suffered wounds to his neck and chest, was found by staff at the Harbour Grand who went to check on him on S...

Respiratory medicine expert Leung Chi-chiu on Monday warned against barring unvaccinated people from public venues as a means to boost vaccination, saying this could lead to a backlash and even put elderly people and chronically ill patients at highe...

The Silka Tsuen Wan hotel is so far the only hotel designated for foreign domestic helpers to complete their 21 days' quarantine. It said it was fully-booked until November 1, with just over 280 rooms available for the helpers. Under current regu...

Health officials have banned Turkish Airlines and Philippine Airlines flights to Hong Kong for 14 days after three passengers each arriving from Istanbul and Manila tested positive for Covid-19. The six were among seven new imported cases on Sunday....

The former Federation of Trade Unions legislator Bill Tang has described as "out of touch" a requirement that schools have to reach a 70 percent vaccination rate in order to resume full-day lessons. He said on Sunday that a survey of about 800 paren...

Independent English bookstore Bleak House Books says it will close in October, citing political reasons. The bookshop, which sells both new and secondhand English books, opened in San Po Kong in 2017. "The backdrop to these developments is, of cour...

Secretary for the Civil Service, Patrick Nip said on Sunday that the government was now aiming to get everyone in the SAR vaccinated, after 60 percent of eligible people received at least one dose. Speaking on a television programme, Nip said more t...

The Financial Secretary Paul Chan says Hong Kong should mobilise its strengths and resources to support the country's development, adding that a corresponding plan is needed if the SAR is to align with the nation's 14th five-year plan. Writing on hi...

Health officials on Saturday reported six new Covid-19 infections, all of them imported. Three of the patients had received both doses of the BioNTech vaccine and displayed no symptoms. They were a 53-year-old man who flew in from the United States,...

A Yau Tsim Mong district councillor has criticised the authorities for fining 47 people who attended a movie screening he organised on Friday, on the grounds that they had violated the public gathering ban. The police said the fines were for breachi...

The Commerce Minister, Edward Yau, has rejected accusations that an amendment to the film censorship law to ban movies that could endanger national security will compromise freedom of speech. Speaking on a radio programme on Saturday, the official ...

A top government adviser on Covid-19 vaccines said on Saturday that the SAR could begin easing border restrictions if vaccination rates goes up, especially among elderly people. Speaking after a radio programme, Ivan Hung said an inoculation rate o...

The president of the UK's Supreme Court on Friday said he and his deputy will continue to sit in Hong Kong's top court after finding the SAR's judiciary remains "largely independent”. Robert Reed and deputy president Patrick Hodge both serve as no...

Health authorities on Friday reported 17 new imported Covid-19 cases – 15 of the patients are crew members of a cargo vessel that arrived in Hong Kong on Tuesday. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the vessel had come from Indonesia, and ...