A youth organisation on Wednesday called on the government to set up a cultural bureau to make the most of the creative talent in the SAR. The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups made the call after Chief Executive Carrie Lam indicated that a burea...

Health Authorities on Wednesday reported one new imported Covid-19 case, involving a fully-vaccinated woman who flew in from the Philippines. The Centre for Health Protection said the 55-year-old was asymptomatic and carried the more contagious L45...

DAB lawmaker Ben Chan has urged the government to introduce time-varying tunnel tolls – with higher charges at peak hours and lower fees when there are fewer cars – as a way to reduce congestion. The suggestion is part of his wider proposal to ...

The founder of Centaline Property, Shih Wing-ching, said he believes the local stock market has overreacted to reports that mainland officials had ordered local developers to use their resources to support Beijing's interests and solve Hong Kong’s ...

People have begun taking advantage of expanded walk-in inoculations at Hong Kong’s 21 community vaccination centres on Wednesday. Anyone wanting a Covid-19 jab can collect a same-day ticket from 7:45am each morning and no longer need to go online...

Three student activists charged with violating the national security law were on Tuesday remanded in custody by the West Kowloon Court. Wong Yat-chin, the convenor of the group Student Politicism, and former members Chan Chi-sum and Jessica Chu are...

Doctors in Hong Kong reported on Tuesday that a side-effect of the Covid-19 vaccines has led some people to believe they had cancer. The founder of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation, Dr Polly Cheung, said it’s because coronavirus vaccination...

Local property tycoons are extending the deadline for Hong Kong to meet a vaccination target in order for them to offer another flat for a lucky draw. Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Sino Group, and Chinese Estates H...

Ocean Park's Water World was packed with visitors on its official opening day Tuesday, with the theme park's chairman Lau Ming-wai expressing optimism that this would mark the first step to rejuvenate the cash-strapped attraction. The 55,000 square...

The police have arrested a 64-year-old man for allegedly using social media to incite others to target government officials and judicial officers. The force said on Tuesday the suspect allegedly told someone who had expressed suicidal thoughts on so...

Cartoon Carrie Lams and mooncakes were dished out to reporters at the chief executive's weekly press briefing on Tuesday, as the city's top local official wished all Hongkongers a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. The gift bags from the Chief Executive's O...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that Hong Kong's revamped elections are part of a new democratic system that is better suited to Hong Kong, questioning whether it's too much to ask for a bit of loyalty from politicians. Critics have sugge...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says there were "serious problems" with the vote counting for Sunday's Election Committee polls and officials must find out what went wrong to avoid a repeat of the issue. Fewer than 4,400 ballots were cast, but it took m...

The doctor in charge of a vaccination centre in Jordan said on Tuesday that he expected vaccination rates to pick up when everyone aged twelve and above is able to get a jab without a booking. From Wednesday, people can walk in to 21 community vacci...

Education minister Kevin Yeung on Monday said the first school to resume whole-day face-to-face classes for all of its students will do so next week. He did not name the school, but it's one of two institutions that has applied for the full-day resu...

More district councillors will pledge their allegiance to the SAR this week, the government said on Monday. Remaining members of the Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong district councils have been told to take the o...

The government has announced that everyone aged 12 or above can receive walk-in jabs at 21 community vaccination centres from Wednesday. A government spokesman said the centres would distribute 'same-day tickets' from 7.45am every day on a first-co...

National security police on Monday arrested three people linked to the localist group Student Politicism on suspicion of conspiracy to incite subversion, with officers seizing boxes of M&M's, hand cream and other products as evidence. The suspects,...

The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) on Monday dismissed suggestions that the Election Committee is not representative enough, saying that it's inclusive and members convey different views in society. "I think e...

The liaison office has welcomed Sunday’s election committee polls, saying they marked a "major step in Hong Kong's democratic development with its own characteristics". In a statement issued through the Xinhua news agency on Monday, the office sai...