Health officials on Friday reported seven imported Covid-19 cases, with three of the patients testing positive for the potentially more contagious L452R mutant strain. The Centre for Health Protection said the five men and two women arrived from the...

The SAR government says Beijing's move to expose Washington's "years of interference" in Hong Kong will help Hongkongers avoid "falling prey to the malicious attempts of the US". In a statement, the SAR authorities say they fully support the Foreign...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on Friday published a lengthy list of what it frames as instances of Washington’s interference in the affairs of Hong Kong and support for anti-China forces. The list contains no preamble, nor any further...

The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announced on Friday that it’s redeveloping a total of 30,000 square metres of land in Cheung Sha Wan to build nearly 2,000 flats. The authority’s general manager, Mike Kwan, said part of the project involves tea...

More than 50 Kowloon district councillors attended an oath-taking ceremony on Friday morning to swear their allegiance to the SAR. Sham Shui Po district councillor Lee Man-ho had said on social media that he would not take the oath to the SAR gover...

The Labour Department says it is highly concerned about a fatal work accident at a warehouse in Hung Shui Kiu, where a man died after being sandwiched in between two vehicles. In a statement published late on Thursday night, the department said the...

The leader of a frontline doctors’ group said on Friday that he welcomes the Hospital Authority’s plan to retain clinical staff by extending their retirement age, but stressed that the new policy must not hinder the promotion prospects of younger...

A Sham Shui Po district councillor has said he won't join an oath-taking ceremony on Friday for councillors in Kowloon, effectively ending his membership of the body. Lee Man-ho wrote on social media on Thursday that he had decided against taking th...

The Hospital Authority said on Thursday it has decided to allow its medical staff to work for an additional five years, to counter recent labour shortages. Some 1,650 medical professionals and 4,000 support staff turning 60 in the next five years, w...

The Medical Council has found two public doctors guilty of professional misconduct after they failed to issue a patient with the medicine she required. The doctors at United Christian Hospital did not give Tang Kwai-sze preventative antiviral drugs ...

West Kowloon Court on Thursday adjourned the national security case against 47 people charged over Legco primary polls until November 29. The defendants are accused of conspiracy to commit subversion. Journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho had her ...

Vaccination clinics will be set up at three public hospitals next week as part of efforts to boost Hong Kong's slowing inoculation rate, the government announced on Thursday. Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip, who's in charge of the territory's Co...

A thunderstorm and strong winds on Thursday brought a 15-metre-tall illuminated, inflatable moon crashing down to earth, marking a dramatic end to its four-day exhibition in Kwun Tong. The huge installation, on a vessel near the promenade, had drawn...

The District Court on Thursday sentenced a man to four years and nine months in prison for trying to snatch a gun from an officer during a riot and other related charges. The court heard that Chan Chun-hin, 19, attacked a passer-by during a protest...

A man has died and another has been rescued after a wooden boat they were travelling in collided with a ship in waters off Lung Kwu Chau, police said on Thursday. The force said marine officers on patrol found a 54-year-old man who was yelling for ...

Health officials on Thursday reported two new Covid-19 infections, both of them imported. The two men flew in from Kenya and Pakistan, and both had received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine. The two, aged 35 and 43, did not show any symptoms. Sep...

A Hong Kong resident facing extradition to India over his alleged involvement in a jailbreak there has failed to secure permission to take his case to the SAR's top court. Indian authorities accuse Ramanjit Singh of planning the escape of six priso...

The DAB on Monday called for a new government bureau to be established to deal with culture, days after Chief Executive Carrie Lam hinted that such a move is already in the works. The party said a culture, sports and tourism bureau should take in ...

Former Democratic Party legislator Fred Li said on Thursday that the party should dissolve if it doesn’t run in any elections. He said the party should try to file candidates even if they may not get enough nominations or eventually be disqualifi...

Police said on Wednesday they've arrested a 19-year-old woman in Mong Kok in connection with the national security case involving the group Student Politicism. Sources said she's the group's spokeperson, Wong Yuen-lam. In a statement, national sec...