Health officials on Tuesday reported seven new imported Covid-19 cases. There were fewer than five preliminary positive cases. Meanwhile, the Centre for Health Protection reminded residents of block one at Grand Garden in Repulse Bay to get tested...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that Hong Kong would do its best to meet any requirements set by the mainland to ensure quarantine-free travel across the border. She said it is the government's top priority right now, as it's crucial that...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that it would be impossible for Hong Kong's district councils to be stripped of their power to allocate funds, because they have never actually had such a power. With at least 17 councillors disqualified an...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says her policy address on Wednesday will focus on housing and economic development, adding that it's time to map out the future for Hong Kong now the political situation has stabilised. Speaking to reporters ahead of the...

Sixteen district councillors face disqualification after the government raised doubts about the oaths they took on Monday. They were among 50 councillors from Tai Po, Sai Kung, Sha Tin and North District who pledged their allegiance before the oath ...

The High Court on Monday sentenced a doctor to six years in prison for manslaughter over a botched liposuction procedure, with the judge expressing shock over the defendant's failure to provide due care to her patient. The jury in the case had unani...

Health officials on Monday reported four new imported Covid-19 cases. The patients, aged between 23 and 85, flew in from Indonesia, Egypt and the Philippines and did not show any symptoms. Meanwhile, the Centre for Health Protection ordered Covid t...

The Hong Kong Cancer Registry said women could soon overtake men in new cancer cases. The registry sounded the warning on Monday as it reported a record number of people who were diagnosed with cancer in 2019. There were more than 35,000 new cancer...

A leader of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese said on Monday that it would be almost impossible for members of the Democratic Party to stand in Legco elections. Lo Man-tuen said members of the party are unlikely to get through t...

A pharmacists’ association said on Monday that a new drug for Covid-19 could help relieve the burden on hospitals if Hong Kong sees another outbreak of infections, adding that the government should act early to ensure the city is able to procure th...

A political commentator on Monday said he expects Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s upcoming policy address to focus on housing, after Beijing stressed that Hong Kong needs to tackle its housing shortage. Professor Ho Lok-sang, Director of the Pan Suto...

The Confederation of Trade Unions (CTU) announced on Sunday evening that its members had voted to disband the group, putting the decision down to political pressure. Fifty-seven voted in favour of dissolving the umbrella union, eight voted against, ...

The head of the University of Hong Kong, Zhang Xiang, has been offered an early contract extension which would allow him to remain in the post for a full decade. Zhang's initial five-year term was scheduled to run until 2023. In a letter to staff,...

A pandemic adviser to the government says the Innovation and Technology Bureau is developing an app specifically for Hongkongers to travel to the mainland, but officials across the border also want stricter Covid rules to be introduced in the SAR. D...

The DAB said on Sunday that the government needs to work harder to move people living in shoddy homes into public housing, saying officials should aim to rid Hong Kong of sub-divided units in a decade or so. The party has formed a task force on way...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says more than five million Hongkongers have collected their latest spending vouchers and he's hopeful the government scheme will help power a recovery of the economy. In a blog post on Sunday, Chan said more people ...

Hong Kong’s member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee Tam Yiu-chung said on Sunday that he thinks Article 23 national security legislation can be completed in the first half of next year. Secretary for Security Chris Tang said re...

The government on Sunday removed huge water barricades protecting its headquarters in Admiralty, as Chief Secretary John Lee hailed Hong Kong's return to "safe normalcy." In a blog post, Lee said barricades erected at other locations during the 201...

Labour chief Law Chi-kwong on Sunday said that bringing in foreign domestic helpers from high-risk places is like “walking on thin ice”, and acknowledged the amount coming into the city was not enough to satisfy demand from local families. Writi...

The Centre for Health Protection on Saturday reported five imported Covid-19 infections, with all of them carrying Covid mutations. The patients arrived from India, the Philippines, Germany and France. All of them had been vaccinated against the co...