Health officials on Friday reported three imported Covid-19 cases. The three men, aged between 45 and 53, did not develop any symptoms. They had all been vaccinated, with two doses of either BioNTech or AstraZeneca vaccines. One of them is a 53-ye...

Executive councillor Regina Ip says she got a BioNTech jab this week, after a blood test revealed she had no antibodies left from the two Sinovac shots she received around half a year ago. Ip, who had been among the first people in Hong Kong to take...

The Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China on Thursday night disabled its website and removed all entries on its online platforms – at the demand of the police. The alliance said in a statement that it was ordered by the f...

Education minister Kevin Yeung said on Thursday that nine more secondary schools will resume full-day, face-to-face classes from next week, after the bureau relaxed its vaccination requirement for students. The bureau says that if 70 percent of a sc...

A rare hailstorm hit Tseung Kwan O at around 1pm on Thursday, with online video footage and photos shared by residents showing the area being pounded by small balls of ice. The observatory said the phenomenon was caused by high temperature and unse...

The High Court on Thursday granted bail to former legislator Ray Chan – one of a group of 47 people charged with subversion over Legco primary polls last year. He had been held in custody since being charged around half a year ago. After hearing ...

The Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China said on Thursday that it is removing all its posts on online platforms – at the demand of national security police. The alliance, which used to organise June 4 vigils, said its we...

The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) warned on Thursday that air pollution may reach "serious" levels in some areas. At 3pm, eight of the city’s 18 general and roadside air quality monitoring stations recorded "high" or “very high” ai...

Health officials on Thursday reported zero Covid-19 infections. It had been two weeks since the territory last recorded no new cases over a 24-hour period. The Centre for Health Protection also reported fewer than five preliminary positive cases. ...

Ten thousand mainland jobs and the same number of internships will be opened up to young people from Hong Kong in the coming five years, the All-China Youth Federation announced at a seminar on Thursday. It also said 20,000 exchange places will be a...

Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui says the government has clearly explained to seven disqualified district councillors the reasons why their oaths of office were ruled invalid. Clarisse Yeung, Leung Pak-kin, Wei Siu-lik, So Yat-hang, Chan Wing-tai,...

Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei has called on the government to clarify the requirements for meeting the loyalty pledge, after one of the party’s councillors was disqualified for failing to make a valid oath of office. The party’s So Yat-h...

Expert advisers to the government on Wednesday changed their guidance on Hong Kong teenagers getting vaccinated against Covid-19, saying they only need one BioNTech jab instead of two. The change comes after more than 30 teenagers suffered inflammat...

The government disqualified seven Hong Kong Island district councillors on Wednesday, ruling that the oaths they had sworn during an oath-taking ceremony last week were invalid. The seven are Wan Chai district councillors Clarisse Yeung and Leung Pa...

The Consumer Council on Wednesday urged the government to put a limit on chemical levels in silicone food containers and cooking utensils. The call from the consumer watchdog came after tests they conducted found nine out of 14 foldable containers a...

The government has issued a freezing order for the defunct Apple Daily newspaper’s printing factory in Tseung Kwan O, with security chief Chris Tang saying he believes the property is linked to a national security offence. Tang said he had exercis...

A war of words between the Security Secretary Chris Tang and Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) continued on Wednesday as the minister suggested that the group clear its name by making public more information about its members and sources of fu...

The District Court on Wednesday handed down jail sentences of up to 10 months to 12 former lawmakers and activists who pleaded guilty to taking part in or inciting others to join a banned June 4 vigil last year. Albert Ho, Figo Chan and Andrew Wan w...

The Consumer Council warned parents on Wednesday that it had found fragrance allergens – which could trigger allergic reactions – in several baby lotions that claimed to be hypoallergenic. "If you're exposed to these kinds of fragrance or allerg...

Hong Kong on Wednesday reported one imported Covid-19 case. The patient is a 45-year-old woman who flew in from the UK and had received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine in May. She did not show any symptoms, but tested positive for the virus durin...