Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Saturday that officials were closely monitoring the situation involving the Mu variant, but she stressed that Hong Kong had stringent measures in place to prevent the virus from spreading into the community. The...

In the first such case in Hong Kong, authorities said a dead wild pig has tested positive for the highly contagious African swine fever. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said the animal was tested after "abnormal" deaths of wil...

Next Digital, owned by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai, said it has been warned by the Hong Kong stock exchange that it could be delisted if trading does not resume by December 16, 2022. The company suspended trading on June 17 after national security...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Friday that Hong Kong has recorded three Covid infections involving the Mu variant which has been newly listed by the World Health Organisation as a "variant of interest". The CHP said the patients in q...

Civic Passion on Friday announced it was disbanding, a little more than a week after its chairman, Cheng Chung-tai, was ousted from the Legislative Council because the authorities decided he is not loyal to Hong Kong. In a statement posted on the g...

Hong Kong children wanted to know whether the territory can be seen from space and what astronauts do to keep fit, as they joined a video link-up on Friday, between the exhibition centre in Wan Chai and China's new space station. Astronauts Nie Hais...

Health authorities suspended flights from Manila operated by Cebu Pacific Air on Friday – less than a week after fully vaccinated domestic helpers from Indonesia and the Philippines were allowed to come here to work. The flight ban, which will be ...

Five Chinese University students were on Friday convicted of rioting at the institution two years ago. The District Court said the five, aged between 20 and 23, stayed with protesters who threw petrol bombs at police officers on November 11, 2019, w...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said on Friday that the government will assess whether Hong Kong schools are experiencing an exodus of students after carrying out an annual headcount of pupils in the middle of this month. The annual Primary School ...

The president of the Association of Hong Kong Professionals, Eugene Chan, has rejected suggestions that civil society in the territory is under threat, backing up comments from Chief Executive Carrie Lam. Chan told RTHK's Backchat programme on Frid...

Commerce and Economic Development Secretary Edward Yau has defended the government’s stringent quarantine measures, saying the 21-day quarantine period is needed for arrivals from parts of the world where there are a high number of Covid-19 cases. ...

The Consumer Council says it has received more than a hundred complaints and enquiries over the sudden closure of two beauty salons and a massage parlour. The three companies involved – About Beauty, Dr.Protalk and Top Comfort – announced on We...

The government on Thursday announced that Covid-19 testing contractor BGI is to resume its mobile operations following a review. Its operations were suspended in April after cross-contamination caused several samples to test false-positive. The go...

In yet another bid to boost Hong Kong's vaccination rate, people on Thursday got a free bag of rice when they took their Covid-19 jabs at Lok Fu Plaza under the government's outreach programme. The initiative was jointly organised by the government ...

Eight Hongkongers who were detained by mainland authorities for illegally crossing into mainland waters on a speedboat last year have been remanded back in custody after a brief appearance at the District Court. Liu Tsz-man, Cheng Tsz-ho, Cheung Chu...

A government bill to ban the sale of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products is finally making some progress in Legco, with the biggest party in the council, the DAB, now throwing its support behind the proposal. The amendment bill, which was intro...

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...