A survey suggests almost half of Hong Kong people who suffer a heart attack or stroke aren't bothering to maintain a healthy lifestyle to reduce the chance of it happening to them again. The Hong Kong College of Cardiology (HKCC) said that along wit...

Health authorities on Thursday banned Nepal Airlines flights to Hong Kong from Kathmandu for two weeks after two recent passengers were found to be infected with Covid-19. The Department of Health also said that one passenger failed to comply with t...

The government has been urged to designate Big Wave Bay as a surfing beach, after an apparent crackdown recently on the popular water sport at the gazetted beach. A surf school says the tougher line follows a number of incidents involving surfers la...

The High Court on Thursday reduced the sentences of a beauty clinic founder and a technician who are in prison for manslaughter over a fatal surgery blunder in 2012. DR Group founder Stephen Chow and his former worker Billy Chan were jailed in 2017 ...

Hong Kong's top court ruled on Thursday that people cannot be convicted of taking part in an unlawful assembly or rioting if they are physically absent from the scene. A five-judge panel led by Chief Justice Andrew Cheung made the landmark decisio...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung said on Thursday that the government should actively contact people eligible for a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccines to make sure they know booster shots are now available. Speaking on an RTHK p...

The government on Wednesday ordered anyone who has recently been to the Kerry Cold Store in Kwai Chung to get tested for Covid-19, after coronavirus was found on two samples taken from a batch of frozen cuttlefish imported from Malaysia. The mandato...

Drinking water at a private non-residential building in Wan Chai has been found to contain an excessive amount of lead, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The Water Supplies Department found the water contained 17 microgrammes of lead per li...

The government has announced that from November 11, Covid booster shots will be available for various high-risk groups, including people with compromised immune systems and those aged 60 and above. Bookings will open on November 5. Cancer patients,...

Hong Kong health authorities on Wednesday reported three more imported Covid-19 cases, involving people who flew in from the United States and the United Kingdom. One of the patients is a 62-year-old man who worked at the Hong Kong Football Club in ...

The government says it is studying various ways to enhance its LeaveHomeSafe Covid app, including alternatives to users scanning QR codes to record their entry into various buildings. Deputy Government Chief Information Officer Tony Wong said on Wed...

The Hospital Authority on Wednesday announced that it performed the first paired kidney donation transplants in Hong Kong over the summer, with two patients with end-stage renal failure receiving kidneys from each other's families. At a press confer...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Wednesday that she hopes her planned Northern Metropolis will give residents more time to spend with their families and more quality sleep. In a speech to the Global Conference of the Alliance for Healthy Cities, L...

Former student activist Tony Chung on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the national security offence of secession and one count of money laundering, with the District Court ordering that another count of money laundering and a charge of conspiracy to publ...

The convenor of the Small and Medium Restaurant Federation Gordon Lam on Wednesday urged authorities not to punish eateries if customers are found to be using a fake LeaveHomeSafe app. Lam was speaking on a RTHK programme after Roundtable legislator...

Organisers of what’s being described as Hong Kong’s first trail discovery contest said on Tuesday they are hoping to make it safer and easier for people to walk between the city’s urban centres and nature trails. The City2Trail contest encoura...

A Tuen Mun magistrate on Tuesday halved an eight-month jail sentence handed down to a deliveryman for assaulting a police officer, after he made a mistake during sentencing. Magistrate Jeffrey Sze had convicted 21-year-old Zhao Hong-shing of assault...

Police say they are trying to find those behind a fake LeaveHomeSafe app, as they warned that anyone urging people to use it could find themselves in trouble. On Monday, police arrested five people on suspicion of trying to enter Immigration Tower u...

An inquest into the death of a man two days after he received a Sinovac coronavirus jab has heard that he suffered from chronic illnesses including hypertension and heart problems, but he had not been classified as unsuitable for vaccination. Timble...

The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups said on Tuesday that a survey it carried out suggests one in two secondary school pupils feel stressed out, and around the same proportion report having symptoms of depression. The federation said the finding...