The liquidator of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, Richard Tsoi, said he has told the University of Hong Kong to contact the creator of "Pillar of Shame" over its plan to remove the statute from the campus...

The government says newly recruited civil servants will in future have to take a test on the national security law. In papers submitted to the legislature, the Civil Service Bureau says the tests, in addition to those already given on the Basic Law,...

The Centre for Health Protection on Wednesday reported three imported Covid-19 infections. The two women and a man, aged between 28 and 34, arrived from Indonesia, the Philippines and Pakistan. All patients were vaccinated against the coronavirus ...

The observatory says it will consider lowering the number eight typhoon signal between 4pm and 7pm on Wednesday, as Kompasu moves away from Hong Kong. At 2pm, the typhoon was centred about 490 kilometres southwest of Hong Kong and was forecast to m...

The police say a new weapon they are introducing in the wake of the social unrest of 2019 will help officers fire pepper spray at suspects more accurately. The pistol-like launcher can fire four rounds of pepper solution from up to seven metres away...

A weather expert said on Wednesday it's relatively easy to predict the track of Typhoon Kompasu compared with the storm that hit Hong Kong last week. Leung Wing-mo, spokesman of Hong Kong Meteorological Society, said that's because Kompasu's surroun...

A concern group says the Chief Executive Carrie Lam comment about subsiding people in the public housing queue is something it has been proposing for some time, even though she later backtracked on what she had said. Lam said making the Housing Auth...

The Observatory says the typhoon signal number 8 will be in force up to 4 pm. But it said as tropical cyclone Kompasu departs, local winds are expected to weaken this afternoon. It also warned that heavy rain due to the cyclone may lead to flooding ...

Typhoon Kompasu brought Hong Kong to a halt on Wednesday, as classes and government services were suspended and public transport was seriously disrupted. The Education Bureau said classes of all day schools would be suspended. The stock market will...

The Observatory said Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu has intensified into a typhoon, and the number eight storm signal will remain in force before noon on Wednesday. Officials issued the signal at 5:20pm on Tuesday, and the SAR has been lashed by stro...

Hong Kong has been feeling the brunt of Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu, as it moved nearer to the SAR overnight, causing minor flooding in some areas In Heng Fa Chuen, seawater overflowed onto the waterfront promenade from midnight - flooding the co...

The police are investigating two fatal traffic accidents which occurred on Tuesday - as Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu approached Hong Kong. One of the accidents happened at around 6pm, after the signal eight was issued. A 31-year-old motorcyclist h...

A policewoman has been charged with accessing the force's internal system with dishonest or criminal intent. A police spokesman said that during an internal investigation, they discovered the officer had allegedly obtained internal materials through...

Hong Kong hunkered down on Tuesday evening for the onset of Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu, with the public stocking up on supplies and public transport services limited. The No. 8 storm signal will be in force until at least before dawn on Wednesday...

Health officials on Tuesday reported four new Covid-19 infections, all involving patients who had flown into Hong Kong. The patients, aged between 32 and 58, flew in from Indonesia, Russia and the United Kingdom. Two of them are cabin crew members, ...

The Observatory said the No. 8 signal will be in force at least before dawn on Wednesday. The Observatory said according to its forecast track, Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu will be closest to Hong Kong early tomorrow morning, skirting within 400 ki...

Police said they are hunting for a man in connection with the murder of a taxi driver in early Tuesday morning in Sai Ying Pun. Officers said the suspect is aged between 30 and 35 and about 1.8 metres tall, and has light skin and black hair. Offic...

The government announced on Tuesday that it would donate 7.5 million doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines it procured to Covax, the global vaccine-sharing programme. Health Secretary Sophia Chan said that the whole batch – which had yet to be d...

The Hong Kong Observatory on Tuesday afternoon issued the No. 8 Northeast Gale or Storm signal as severe tropical storm Kompasu nears Hong Kong. At 5pm, Kompasu was about 470 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong, and was forecast to move west at about ...

Long queues were formed at supermarkets and wet markets across the city on Tuesday afternoon as people rushed to stock up on supplies before Severe Tropical Storm Kompasu hits. A woman surnamed Li said she visited the supermarket on Monday afternoo...