Four people facing charges over their alleged roles in running a vice establishment pleaded not guilty at Eastern Court on Wednesday. Three women and a man were charged after it was revealed that the former head of the national security department o...

Researchers at Polytechnic University say they have developed a contact tracing app using Bluetooth technology and the global navigation satellite system, which can will automatically record people’s movement and hopefully keep Covid-19 infections ...

The Centre for Health Protection on Wednesday reported one imported Covid-19 case. The patient is a 32-year-old woman who flew in from Greece. She doesn’t have any symptoms but tested positive while undergoing quarantine at Ramada Hong Kong Gr...

The District Court on Wednesday sentenced seven activists to between 11 and 16 months in prison for their roles in a banned protest in 2019. Former lawmakers Leung Kwok-hung, Cyd Ho, Albert Ho and Yeung Sum, as well as Raphael Wong and Avery Ng from...

Lawmakers on Wednesday criticised the government for spending over HK$40 million on a consultancy study on rebuilding Hong Kong’s international image. The government previously announced that the contract had been awarded to PR firm Consulum, whi...

Singer Denise Ho said on Wednesday the Hong Kong Arts Centre has cancelled her venue booking for a series of upcoming performances, citing concerns about public safety. In a statement on social media, Ho, who participated in protests in Hong Kong, s...

Students are thrilled to be back in school on Wednesday, even though face-to-face classes will last no more than half a day as a precautionary measure against Covid-19. Education officials earlier said schools can only resume full-day classes after...

Doctors have expressed concerns over standards and their autonomy, after the government unveiled plans that would allow non-permanent residents to work as specialists in Hong Kong. Under the proposal, non-locally trained, non-permanent residents wi...

A failed DAB candidate in the 2019 district council polls has lost a legal bid to have the election result overturned, with the High Court dismissing his suggestion of possible vote rigging. Hung Chi-kit lost out to then Civic Party member Lee Yue-s...

The government has opened the door for doctors with specialist qualifications who are non-permanent residents to work in Hong Kong, as it unveiled a plan to further relax restrictions to address a manpower shortage at hospitals here. Under the propo...

The Centre for Health Protection on Tuesday reported two imported Covid-19 cases. One of the patients is a girl, 2, who arrived from Turkey. She didn't have any symptoms. Another patient is a man who flew in from Greece. The man, 39, didn't have ...

A coroner's jury on Tuesday unanimously concluded that a 19-year-old student died of natural causes after he collapsed while jogging during a physical education class in March 2019. Xiao Yetao was a form four student at Lui Ming Choi Lutheran Colle...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has warned that the government may ban unvaccinated people from places such as schools if Hong Kong is hit by another wave of Covid-19. Some medical experts have said the administration should look at letting only vaccinat...

The District Court on Tuesday acquitted three men of rioting in Mong Kok two years ago, but sentenced another man to four years in prison after finding him guilty. The court heard that more than a hundred protesters started a riot in the early morni...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that foreign domestic helpers arriving from overseas will be allowed to undergo quarantine at the Penny's Bay camp from the end of next month. Speaking to reporters before the weekly Executive Council meet...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam has denied claims that the government is cracking down on civil society, saying the police have simply been ensuring that no groups or individuals are able to endanger national security. Critics allege that it is a crackdo...

Police on Tuesday said they had arrested seven more people in connection with the alleged murder of a 27-year-old man in Mong Kok in June. Officers said the six men and one woman, aged between 22 and 29, were arrested at a flat in Sheung Shui on Mo...

Teachers of the revamped liberal studies curriculum are feeling very stressed because there’s not enough reference material for them to prepare for class, and no guidance on what students can or cannot discuss, a survey has found. Youth Ideas, a ...

A senior legal scholar at the University of Hong Kong, Eric Cheung, has announced that he's standing down a year early from his role as a member of the Law Society's governing council. Cheung, a principal lecturer and director of clinical legal educ...

Three more members of a speech therapists' union have been charged and remanded, over children's books featuring talking sheep that prosecutors say are seditious. Sidney Ng, Samuel Chan and Fong Tsz-ho from the General Union of Hong Kong Speech The...