People considered to be at a higher risk of catching Covid-19 will have to be tested for the virus more frequently, the government said on Thursday. This includes workers at quarantine facilities, cold stores, container terminals and community testi...

The League of Social Democrats (LSD) says the police raided its headquarters on Thursday morning, telling staff the move was part of an investigation into the now-disbanded Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF). Chan Po-ying, the political party's chairwo...

The Consumer Council on Thursday called on the government to tighten regulation on real estate agents handling the sale of first-hand properties that are outside of Hong Kong by requiring them to be licensed. Currently, agents who sell only non-Hong...

Legco president Andrew Leung said on Thursday that the legislature has functioned much more efficiently since an exodus of opposition lawmakers, as he dismissed suggestions that a sharp rise in bills passed indicates the council is now nothing more t...

The Airport Authority (AA) says it will issue bonds in the coming year to pay for the third runway project, saying the Covid-19 pandemic has affected its income. In a document submitted to the Legislative Council, the authority said fast-spreading C...

The International Chamber of Commerce on Thursday said the government is going the wrong direction if it aligns Hong Kong's Covid restrictions with that on the mainland to reopen the border. The chamber’s vice chairman George Cautherley was commen...

An expert panel advising the government on Wednesday recommended a third “booster” dose of the coronavirus vaccine for people with compromised immune systems as well as people who have had two Sinovac jabs. The advisers said cancer patients, peo...

Ocean Park has posted a deficit of HK$31.8 million for the financial year ending June. In the 2020-21 fiscal year, revenue fell 45 percent year on year to HK$393 million. The theme park blamed a drop in visitors amid the pandemic. Visitor numbers ...

Health authorities on Wednesday banned Emirates flights from Dubai and Bangkok for two weeks after three of the airline's recent passengers were found to have Covid. The three infected people, a woman and two children, arrived in the SAR on October ...

It's understood that the former headteacher of GT (Ellen Yeung) College (Junior Primary Section), Nip Man, has been arrested by the police on suspicion of embezzlement. Police confirmed that the school filed a report to the force in May after suspec...

Lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that allows authorities to ban movies which are "deemed to be contrary to the interests of national security”, as they urged the government to extend the ban to online videos as well. Under the new law, author...

Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui said on Wednesday that Hong Kong will be well equipped to host water sports and golf races in the National Games in 2025. At the last council meeting of this Legco term, he told lawmakers that SAR officials wil...

A group of tourism workers has appealed for greater government support for the trade hit hard by the pandemic. They also called for the reopening of the border between Hong Kong and the mainland as soon as possible to help ease their financial pain...

Property tycoon Li Ka-shing has been named one of China’s 10 richest people in a list that includes Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for the first time. According to the Hurun China Rich List 2021 published on Wednesday, Li, 93, and his family ranked ...

Epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling on Wednesday said requiring recovered Covid patients to spend an extra two weeks in hospital before being allowed to go home will waste public resources. The infectious diseases expert from the University of Hong Kong...

The government has announced that patients who have recovered from Covid-19 and are ready to be discharged from hospital will need to spend an additional two weeks in quarantine. It said the requirement, which will take effect from Wednesday, can he...

The Chief Executive in Council (CE-in-C) on Tuesday ordered that the Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China be struck off the Companies Register. It said the group had always promoted and maintained the goal of "ending one-p...

The Bar Association said it supports proposed legal aid reform in principle, but the association also urged the government to make sure it would not violate Article 35 of the Basic Law that guarantees people's right to choose their own lawyers. Unde...

The Hospital Authority said on Tuesday that it will "allow some flexibility" for people who require medical care but don't have the LeaveHomeSafe Covid app that will soon be needed to enter government buildings. The administration says from November...

A group of construction workers staged a protest outside Queen Mary Hospital and blocked a section of Pok Fu Lam Road on Tuesday morning in a labour dispute. Pictures and videos circulated on social media showed workers placing traffic cones on the ...