The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which used to organise the annual June 4th vigil, has voted to disband. Members of the group held a special meeting on Saturday afternoon. Forty-one voted in favour of di...

Health authorities on Saturday confirmed nine new imported coronavirus cases, with all but one of the patients found to be carrying the L452R mutant strain. The patients had arrived from the UK, Indonesia, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan an...

The District Court on Saturday sentenced three people to up to five years and eight months in jail, after they were convicted of rioting near the Polytechnic University in 2019. The incident happened when hundreds of protesters inside the universit...

Security secretary Chris Tang said the possible disbandment of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China will not clear anyone of legal liabilities, nor will it affect the actions authorities are taking against the ...

The group Student Politicism has announced that it is disbanding after four of its current and former members were charged with national security offences. The group's convenor Wong Yat-chin, spokeswoman Wong Yuen-lam and two former members, Chan Ch...

Ten Kowloon district councillors who swore allegiance to the SAR on Friday morning have had the validity of their oaths questioned by the oath administrator, Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui. The district councillors whose oaths are being put unde...

Three University of Hong Kong students charged under the national security law were granted bail by the High Court on Friday, after spending more than a month behind bars. Charles Kwok, Kinson Cheung and Chris Todorovski are accused of advocating t...

Democratic Party chairman Lo Kin-hei said on Friday that he believes his party will continue to exist, even if it decides not to join Legislative Council elections in December. A ballot of members will be held on Sunday as to whether the party shou...

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 on Friday said Beijing's move to expose what it describes as 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 t...

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...