Schools must hold flag-raising ceremonies every week and on special occasions starting next year, according to a guideline issued by the Education Bureau on Monday. The national anthem should be played and sung at the ceremonies – to be held also...

The High Court on Monday sentenced a cleaner to six years and four months in prison after a jury found him guilty of raping a woman in 2019. The court heard that Lee Yuk-ming, 35, met the woman who has an intellectual disability at a church several ...

Police said two mainlanders were arrested and a speedboat was seized in connection with the death of an officer during an anti-smuggling operation by marine police last month. The two suspects, 31 and 35, were detained across the border by mainland ...

Lawmakers have called on the government to introduce more lay members into the Social Workers Registration Board so it can no longer “shelter social workers who are convicted of crimes”. The legislators were speaking on Monday as officials brie...

The Secretary for the Environment, Wong Kam-sing, says the government’s plan to develop the northern part of the territory will not undermine the ecosystem there. Wong was speaking on Monday, days after Chief Executive Carrie Lam unveiled a propo...

The High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal filed by a man who was sentenced to five-and-a-half months in prison for possessing cable ties almost two years ago amid the social unrest. A three-judge panel at the Court of Appeal said it did not find ...

Housing Secretary Frank Chan said on Monday that officials are doing their best to speed up the construction of public flats. He was responding to a remark made by Chief Executive Carrie Lam, who suggested that the Housing Authority should give fin...

The observatory said on Monday that Tropical Cyclone Kompasu is expected to come within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong overnight, and it is expected to be closest to the city early on Wednesday. The weathermen said Kompasu will likely skirt around 400...

Police arrested two of their own officers on Sunday, along with 17 other people, in a raid on an alleged unlicensed drinking den in Kwun Tong. The officers were off duty when they were caught by their colleagues, who raided a number of party rooms a...

The police said there was an almost 70 percent increase in child abuse cases in the first eight months of the year. The number of cases recorded between January and August reached 780. Nearly half of them were sex crimes against children, such as i...

Health officials on Sunday said they were investigating an overseas Covid-19 case involving a cabin crew member who had tested negative before flying out of Hong Kong. The 54-year-old woman, who works for Cathay Pacific, tested positive for coronavi...

The police commissioner on Sunday blamed what he called fake news for young people's misunderstanding about the government and the force, and said it has nothing to do with press freedom. The latest policy address has named combating fake news somet...

The Observatory said it had cancelled all tropical cyclone signals at 2.20pm on Sunday. Earlier in the afternoon, the Observatory replaced the number 3 signal with the number 1 signal, and said it would only cancel the remaining signals when Lionroc...

Police said on Sunday that they have arrested 32 people from a syndicate with triad links that allegedly cheated around 500 victims out of approximately HK$55 million in loan fraud. The force said the victims, aged 20 to 81, suffered losses of betwe...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Sunday said a health code app being designed for quarantine-free travel to the mainland won't be compulsory for all Hong Kong residents, and only those who wish to go there will need to use it. Hong Kong officials have ...

The Observatory said it had replaced the strong wind signal number 3 with the standby signal number 1 just before 1pm on Sunday. It said Lionrock was gradually moving away from Hong Kong and the wind had moderated significantly. "When Lionrock no ...

The Observatory withdrew the No 8 storm signal at 4.40am on Sunday, some 22 hours after it was issued, as Tropical Storm Lionrock moved further from the SAR. The No 3 signal took effect instead, as the Observatory continued to warn of strong winds. ...

The Observatory said the number 8 storm signal would stay in effect until at least midnight on Saturday because the SAR was still being buffeted by strong winds from Lionrock as it moved away from Hong Kong. It said that it had recorded maximum sust...

Health authorities on Saturday reported eight new imported Covid infections. Three of the new confirmed patients flew in from Pakistan, two from Indonesia, and the rest were from India, Nepal and the Philippines. None showed any symptoms, and all...

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...