Customs officers said on Friday that they arrested six people over the past two weeks in connection with a HK$300 million cocaine seizure. On October 19, some 260 kilogrammes of the drug was discovered inside a container of frozen food imported from...

A conservationist warned on Friday that a plan to castrate a Lantau buffalo dubbed Big Eye Boy could spark a turf war, with younger males battling each other to take his place as king of the area. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Departme...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday said she is hopeful of a "larger scale" reopening of the border in February next year. She told a forum this would allow the SAR government to organise some big events, including a seminar to mark the third anni...

Hong Kong's top court has upheld the exclusive right of male indigenous villagers to build their own homes under the Small House Policy, saying the policy is constitutional in its entirety. The policy, which dates back to 1972, allows for three-stor...

Online bookings for a third dose of Covid vaccine opened for those over 60 and other priority groups on Friday. Eligible people can visit the government website and make a reservation, with the first booster shots to be administered on November 11. ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says the government has no plans to add a tracking function to the LeaveHomeSafe Covid-19 app, but people would need to upload their check-in records if they want to avoid quarantine when they travel to the mainland in futu...

Several children were taken to hospital on Thursday after two were knocked down by buffaloes and others fell as they dodged the animals. Police said they received a report in the morning about two buffaloes charging through Pui O on Lantau. One of ...

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...