The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday reported four imported Covid-19 cases. One of them is a 52-year-old man who lives in Tsz Wan Shan. He had travelled to the United States in August and tested positive for the coronavirus on his return t...

The Secretary for Civil Service Patrick Nip said on Saturday that the government would pull out all the stops over the next two months to persuade the elderly to get vaccinated against Covid. Nip, who's in charge of the city's vaccination programme...

The government said it has asked seven district councillors who swore oaths of allegiance on Friday for information before deciding if they would be disqualified from office. It said the Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui, the oath administrator, fo...

The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China said on Friday that Security Secretary Chris Tang has given it two weeks to explain why it shouldn’t be struck off the Companies Register. A letter from Tang to the allia...

A University of Hong Kong researcher has expressed concern about the increasing trend of elderly women and those under 15 taking their own lives, even as the city's overall suicide rate dropped to its lowest in more than 20 years. Professor Paul Yip...

Five members of the group which for three decades organised June 4 vigils in Hong Kong pleaded not guilty on Friday to failing to comply with a demand to furnish police with information about their activities. Chow Hang-tung, Leung Kam-wai, Chan To-...

Health authorities reported five new Covid-19 infections on Friday, all of which are imported. The Centre for Health Protection said the patients, who arrived from Switzerland, Russia and the Philippines, carried the L452R variant and have all been...

The Law Reform Commission on Friday proposed making bystanders criminally liable if they do nothing to protect children, the elderly or people with disabilities from serious harm or death. The commission said the move would deal with the problem of...

Three leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China appeared in West Kowloon Court on Friday charged under the national security law. Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho are accused of inciting subv...

The government says it is standing firm on a proposal to impose an all-out ban on the sale, import and manufacturing of e-cigarettes and other heated tobacco products, as the bill proceeds to the full Legislative Council for a second reading. The a...

Police on Friday said they had arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of arson after an early morning fire in Shek Kip Mei that left one man dead and 12 other people injured. Firefighters said the blaze broke out at around 2.30am in a 12th floor fl...

Eastern district councillor Peter Choi has been removed from office after failing to turn up for a mass pledge of allegiance session arranged by the government. Twenty-five district councillors from Eastern, Central and Western, Wan Chai and Souther...

A fire at a flat in Pak Tin Estate in Shek Kip Mei has killed one person and injured 11 others, with firefighters saying they heard reports that there was a dispute before the blaze. The fire broke out at about 2:30am and was put out about 30 minute...

The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police on Thursday charged the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China chairman Lee Cheuk-yan, and the group's two vice-chairs Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung, as well as...

National People’s Congress Standing Committee member Tam Yiu-chung said on Thursday the city’s NPC members will be holding street booths during the weekend to promote their political platforms and listen to the public's views. Tam said the membe...

The government on Thursday announced the extension of its Covid-19 inoculation programme to the end of the year. Twenty-one of the 26 community vaccination centres that are currently in use will stay open through December, but with shorter hours and...

Two local universities have jointly developed what researchers describe as a groundbreaking robotic device to treat head and neck cancer, which is said to be less invasive than traditional forms of treatment and spare patients from remaining in "extr...

Hong Kong reported two imported Covid-19 cases on Thursday. Health authorities said the fully-vaccinated patients – a 33-year-old woman and 55-year-old man – flew in from the Philippines and South Korea respectively. They were asymptomatic, and...

National security police on Thursday raided the closed June 4 museum in Mong Kok, while officers reportedly arrested a fifth core member of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China which ran the venue. Police arri...

Another 12 people on Thursday pleaded guilty over a banned June 4 vigil last year. Appearing at the District Court, former lawmakers and activists admitted taking part in or inciting others to join an unlawful assembly in Victoria Park. The 12 wer...