A student was on Wednesday sentenced to three years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to rioting in Mong Kok and Prince Edward MTR stations on August 31, 2019. Wan Ka-lam, 22, was accused of vandalising certain facilities, including tu...

Prominent microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung has proposed drastic measures to boost the city's coronavirus vaccination rate, saying people who have not been inoculated against Covid-19 should be banned from going to work, schools and public venues. In...

Chief Secretary John Lee has praised the Legislative Council for its “high efficiency” in scrutinising government bills. On an RTHK programme, he said Legco moved on from its “destructive age” to pass 46 bills in the past year, more than dou...

Organisers of the Gay Games say they are looking at using more private venues across Hong Kong because "challenges" remain in booking government premises. The Games were originally planned to take place in November 2022, but organisers decided to po...

The government said on Wednesday that it will be raising its Covid-19 risk level for people coming in from New Zealand from low to medium - meaning inbound travellers will be subject to at least two weeks of quarantine. The new arrangement will tak...

The Deposit Protection Board said on Wednesday that a poll it recently commissioned suggests Hong Kong people are saving less money than they have since 2018. People put away HK$6,600 on average every month – HK$400 less than last year – accord...

New World Development chairman Henry Cheng has reached a deal that will make him the largest shareholder in TV operator i-Cable. A stock exchange filing showed Celestial Pioneer, a company wholly-owned by Cheng, had agreed to pay HK$208.9 million t...

A pressure group said on Wednesday that a rise in power prices will hit grassroots residents in sub-divided flats particularly hard. The territory's two power companies have announced price increases from January 1, with charges to rise by 7 percen...

Long-time Hong Kong-based correspondent Harvey Stockwin has died, aged 88, after a long battle with cancer, according to his wife. He reported on and analysed Asian developments from 1955, including for 18 years on RTHK's award-winning weekly radi...

Health authorities on Wednesday lifted the lockdown at the Harbour Pinnacle building in Tsim Sha Tsui at 7 am. Around 300 residents were tested and no Covid cases were found. The lockdown was sparked by fears that an air-crew member - whose job means...

The ICAC on Tuesday arrested three people for allegedly sharing an online message asking people to cast blank votes for next month's Legislative Council polls. The two men and one woman, aged between 29 and 65, are accused of violating the Election ...

An NGO on Tuesday warned that an increase in electricity bills next year is likely to affect the city’s poorest people more severely, while a representative of the food and beverage sector said higher bills are yet another blow for the struggling i...

The government ordered a lockdown for a residential building in Tsim Sha Tsui on Tuesday evening after a person who lives there tested preliminary positive for the L452R mutant strain of the coronavirus. The closure of Harbour Pinnacle on Minden Ave...

Sports Commissioner Yeung Tak-keung says the Hong Kong Stadium will still have a role to play even after major events such as the Rugby Sevens move to the future Kai Tak Sports Park. The government revealed in a paper to Wan Chai District Council t...

Hong Kong's two power companies have announced price increases from January 1, with charges to rise by 7 percent on Hong Kong Island and 5.8 percent in the New Territories and Kowloon. HK Electric and CLP blamed rising fuel prices for the increases,...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong said on Tuesday that a hepatitis C screening programme targeting a high-risk group has proved highly effective and will help cut transmission of the disease. The HKU team said they have been testing forme...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported one imported Covid-19 case. The 19-year-old patient arrived from the United States, where she received a dose of the Janssen vaccine in August. She arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday and tested positive for the c...

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on Tuesday announced that its president Wei Shyy will step down on October 19 next year, almost a year before his five-year term is due to end. Shyy didn't explain why he was resigning. Bu...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government will soon announce arrangements for Hong Kong residents on the mainland to vote in Legco elections next month. Speaking ahead of the weekly Executive Council meeting, the CE said the po...

Respiratory medicine expert Leung Chi-chiu says once quarantine-free travel resumes between Hong Kong and the mainland, it does not have to be suspended unless there are clear signs that there’s transmission of Covid-19 within the community. The ...