The SAR government said on Saturday that the SAR would become a more competitive place to do business thanks to a new global tax deal announced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The tax agreement is designed to ensure tha...

The Observatory said on Saturday that it may downgrade the storm signal number 8 to a number 3 signal in the afternoon or evening, but also issued an amber rainstorm warning, and warned of possible floods. At 1 pm, Tropical Storm Lionrock was centre...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday defended the government's plan to create a high-technology hub in the New Territories, saying it won't lose money. While the government has not said how much the Northern Metropolis is expected to cost, Lam tol...

Transport services were disrupted by the advent of tropical storm Lionrock after the Observatory issued the number 8 signal on Saturday morning, with ferry services suspended and speed limits cut for major bridges. The Transport Department urged mot...

The Observatory unexpectedly issued the storm signal number 8 at 6.40 am on Saturday, saying it may be replaced with a number 3 signal in the afternoon. With tropical storm Lionrock heading away from Hong Kong over Hainan Island, the number 8 signal...

The Observatory on Saturday said it would issue the tropical cyclone warning signal number 8 at, or before, 6.40 am and that the signal would remain in force for sometime in the morning. It said winds would strengthen further due to the combined eff...

Seventeen district councillors face disqualification after the government raised doubts about the oaths they took on Friday. Dozens of council members from Tsuen Wan, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Kwai Tsing and Islands District took part in the fourth and f...

University of Hong Kong has asked the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China to remove the "Pillar of Shame" sculpture from its campus by 5pm on October 13. The alliance's liquidator, Richard Tsoi, said ...

National security police said on Friday they had arrested two people on suspicion of possessing a handgun and bullets without a licence. Officers said they raided a couple's home in Pat Heung in the morning. A pistol, 92 bullets, gas mask and vario...

Security Secretary Chris Tang says Hong Kong needs to get prepared for the new China Mission Centre which the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is setting up. The American spy agency announced the creation of the centre on Thursday, saying it wo...

Environment Secretary Wong Kam-sing on Friday set out the government's new climate action plan with a pledge to spend HK$240 billion over two decades to combat climate change. Wong said the money will go towards developing green transport, energy-sa...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Friday that it is still trying to find out how a 48-year-old man, who works as a cargo handler at the airport, has contracted Covid-19. The fully-vaccinated man's sample came back positive for the L452R...

Labour and Welfare Secretary Law Chi-kwong on Friday rejected suggestions that the administration is being too generous to employers in its latest proposal to abolish the MPF offsetting mechanism. Under the plan, bosses will no longer be able to us...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung said on Friday that all teachers, including those working at schools not funded by the government, might have to take a test on the Basic Law in the future. For now, the requirement will only apply to those taking up...

The government on Friday disqualified 16 district councillors from the eastern New Territories, saying the oaths of allegiance they took this week were invalid. Sha Tin District Council lost nine members, including chairman Raymond Li – who took ...

The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Frank Chan, said talks were already underway with mainland authorities over plans to build a new cross-border rail link connecting Hong Kong and Qianhai. The Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Railway will link Hung ...

A worker has died after being caught up in a scaffolding collapse in Happy Valley on Friday morning. The woman had been taken to hospital unconscious after being freed from the debris. Dramatic footage posted online showed a huge wall of scaffoldi...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday that she’s confident mainland authorities will offer a new visa allowing non-Chinese residents of Hong Kong to visit other parts of the Greater Bay Area more easily. Lam said she had put forward a proposa...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday that she thinks the One Country, Two Systems principle will last beyond 2047. Lam said this is because Beijing no longer has to worry about Hong Kong being the weakest link in terms of national security, aft...

The head of Pink Alliance, Jerome Yau, said on Friday that the government did the right thing in admitting that staff made a mistake when they refused to let a gay man deal with arrangements after his husband's death, and urged officials to apply the...