A migrant workers' group on Sunday criticised the administration's decision to limit new foreign domestic workers to serving their quarantine at a single hotel or a government facility, saying the measures amount to "segregation". Officials opened ...

Health officials on Sunday ordered compulsory Covid-19 tests for some residents in Mid-levels and Tai Wai, after two people who live there came down with the virus following a trip to Kyrgyzstan. The Centre for Health Protection said a man, 60, and ...

The group that used to stage the annual June 4 candlelight vigil said on Sunday it would not cooperate with a request from the national security police to hand over financial and operational information. In response, the force said it would take fol...

The financial secretary, Paul Chan, has apologised for the government's handling of applications for its consumption vouchers scheme, conceding that it caused problems for many elderly citizens. Writing on his blog on Sunday, Chan said crowds of sen...

The District Court on Saturday convicted three people of rioting in the vicinity of the Polytechnic University in 2019, at a time when hundreds of protesters inside the campus were surrounded by police. Kwok Chun-ming, Ting Pui-kei and Choi Yun-tin...

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...