An inquest jury on Friday unanimously returned an open verdict on the death of a man two days after he received a coronavirus jab. Timble Li, 63, got the Sinovac vaccine at a community centre at Kwun Chung Sports Centre on February 26 - the day Hong...

Health authorities reported one imported Covid-19 case on Friday, involving a patient who had received three doses of coronavirus vaccine. The 59-year-old man arrived from the United Kingdom on Wednesday and tested positive at the airport. He rece...

The police on Friday said they had charged a former officer with seditious intent over comments he allegedly made online in relation to the recent death of a marine inspector. Officers said the comments are suspected of inciting hatred against the g...

The government on Friday announced the establishment of a new committee that will determine a list of recognised non-local medical qualifications to enable Hong Kong to bring in doctors from elsewhere. Professor Grace Tang, an honorary clinical pro...

The Customs and Excise Department on Friday said smuggling syndicates appear to have changed tactics after a recent crackdown by the authorities and are using river trade vessels instead of speedboats to sneak goods across the border. Officers said...

More than a hundred people queued up at the M+ museum on Friday morning as it opened its doors to the public for the first time. When visitors were finally let into the museum – one of the cornerstones of the West Kowloon Cultural District – a ...

Authorities say a 10-year-old girl and her mother were taken to hospital on Thursday night after a fire at the Penny's Bay quarantine centre. The police said they received a report about a fire in one of the cubicles at around 8pm. Officers said t...

An expert on medical ethics said on Friday that Hong Kong should consider introducing vaccine passports, saying it would be key for the city to reopen to the rest of the world amid the pandemic. Calvin Ho, associate professor of law from the Univers...

An art critic has welcomed the opening of the M+ museum, saying it has a regional significance as one of the largest ones in Asia. John Batten said the focus on Chinese contemporary art will be very significant, and that the museum will also have a ...

Health authorities on Thursday reported three new imported Covid-19 cases, involving fully-vaccinated people who flew in from the Philippines, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. All three were diagnosed to carry the L452R mutant strain, but were asymptomat...

The District Court on Thursday sentenced activist Ma Chun-man to five years and nine months in prison after finding him guilty of inciting secession by chanting pro-independence slogans. The court had heard during a national security trial that betw...

Police on Thursday invited people to visit an exhibition in Yuen Long designed to encourage Hongkongers to put aside their differences and stop themselves from being misled by "unfounded information". The exhibition entitled "United We Stand" at Yue...

The head of the West Kowloon Cultural District, Henry Tang, on Thursday appealed to the public to be open and inclusive when they view art at the M+ Museum, saying the works on display are a reflection of society's development. Speaking at a media p...

The City University said on Thursday that its president, Way Kuo, will step down in 2023, and it has started a global search for his successor. The institution's spokesman and vice-president Matthew Lee said Kuo has decided he will be leaving his po...

Queues formed at some vaccination centres on Thursday morning as people turned up to get a coronavirus booster jab. This came as Hong Kong started giving a third dose of vaccine to people over 60 and priority groups, such as those with compromised i...

Respiratory medicine expert Leung Chi-chiu said on Thursday that it’s an “extremely big loophole” to exempt some flight crew members from quarantine. He said it doesn’t make sense for the Hong Kong government to expect aircrew to observe so...

Official figures released on Wednesday showed that the number of people facing poverty in Hong Kong rose sharply to more than 1.6 million last year – the highest since the administration set an official poverty line in 2013 – though the increase ...

Health officials on Wednesday said Hong Kong may further tighten quarantine rules for exempted groups such as flight crew members after three of them were among the city's latest imported Covid-19 patients. Local flight crew are currently subject to...

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...