Customs officers say they have seized HK$125 million worth of ketamine which arrived as sea cargo from Pakistan. Officials said drugs from Pakistan usually arrived by air in the past, but traffickers have increasingly opted for sea routes since the ...

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) says it has lifted a campus ban for 18 students' union council members after learning more about their involvement in a motion that mourned the “sacrifice” of a man who stabbed a policeman in July. The universi...

A long queue snaked around streets near a government office in Mong Kok on Thursday as hundreds of elderly people flocked to submit additional documents to get the government’s electronic spending vouchers. The authorities have extended the regis...

An official says the government has done all it can to make sure people can get their electronic cash vouchers, and it simply isn’t feasible to contact every elderly person in the city to remind them to register. Jessie Wong from the Financial Se...

Two beauty salons and a massage parlour under Bonjour Beauty Limited announced on Wednesday that they were suspending operations. The three companies involved were About Beauty, Dr.Protalk and Top Comfort. A notice was posted outside one of About...

A seventh person has been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorist activities over an alleged bomb plot involving a pro-independence group known as "Returning Valiant". The 18-year-old student appeared before West Kowloon Magistracy on Wednesday ...

Labour and welfare minister Law Chi-kwong said the government cannot set aside more quarantine hotels for foreign domestic helpers as talks to add a second hotel broke down. His comments on Wednesday came as some employers are upset that they have t...

Police have confirmed that they're investigating a fund that's been helping protesters involved in the social unrest that began in 2019, over suspected national security breaches. RTHK understands that the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund and the Allia...

Dozens of angry elderly citizens have vented their anger at a government office in Mong Kok after they found out their applications for the HK$5,000 spending voucher failed. Some 800,000 people who submitted written applications for the electronic v...

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 automatically record people’s movement and hopefully keep Covid-19 infections low w...

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 ...