The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday genome sequencing analysis showed that the genetic sequences of three Cathay Pacific pilots, who were confirmed with the Covid virus after flying in from Germany, are almost identical. The CHP s...

West Kowloon Court on Tuesday denied bail to former June Fourth vigil organiser Chow Hang-tung, who is charged with inciting subversion of state power. The vice-chairwoman of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Mo...

Police said they evacuated dozens of people from two court buildings on Tuesday morning after staff reported receiving what they said were suspicious letters. The letters were sent to Sha Tin and West Kowloon magistrates' courts. A police spokesma...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said Hong Kong is prepared to take further action to reduce the risk of aircrew spreading Covid-19, adding that an increase in such cases could have an adverse effect on the city's anti-epidemic work. Three Cath...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government will continue to facilitate the Hong Kong operations of international media, although she declined to comment on the decision not to renew the work visa of a journalist at The Economist. ...

Medical experts including an adviser to the government have said there's no need to hurry to vaccinate children, after an advisory committee recommended reducing the minimum age for people to receive the Sinovac jab to three. Lau Yu-lung, chair of t...

Government expert advisers have agreed to recommend lowering the age limit for the Sinovac vaccine to children as young as three years-old. The Advisory Panel on Covid-19 Vaccines made the recommendation after meeting to discuss the safety and effi...

A group of striking Foodpanda delivery staff were back at work on Monday after the company agreed to hold talks with them to try to resolve a labour dispute. The meeting between the two sides is set for Tuesday. Waqas Fida, who helped manage the in...

Six new imported Covid-19 infections were reported in Hong Kong on Monday, involving people who flew in from Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. Five of them tested positive for mutant strains of the coron...

A Baptist University researcher said on Monday a survey he led showed lower-income families are increasingly turning to foreign domestic helpers, reflecting the lack of childcare support in the city. According to Adam Cheung, an assistant professor ...

The Consumer Council on Monday urged people to be careful when purchasing 5G mobile services, saying some packages may come with unnecessary monthly expenses. The council said it compared 85 mobile 5G service plans provided by eight network operator...

Two medical professionals on Monday offered mixed views on whether children as young as three years old should be allowed to get a Sinovac jab ahead of a government advisory panel meeting to discuss the matter. Sinovac has requested the administrati...

The Consumer Council has urged people who plan to set up solar panels under the government’s feed-in tariff scheme to make sure the devices comply with the law. Under the scheme, people can sell solar and wind power they generate into the grid at...

The Consumer Council on Monday warned that some cast iron pots may release a high level of metal during the cooking process and pose risks to people’s health. The council tested seven cast iron pots, four of which released metals under high tempe...

An animal welfare group on Monday called on the government to pull a new strategy of catching and killing wild boars that regularly visit busy streets, saying they’d stay away from the city if people stop feeding them. Roni Wong, a member of the ...

The government on Monday awarded the Medal for Bravery (Gold) to the late police chief inspector Lam Yuen-yee. In a statement, it said that the chief executive had awarded the medal posthumously to recognise the gallantry and selflessness shown by ...

Cathay Pacific on Sunday said their aircrew who stayed in Frankfurt, Germany, since November 1, will be quarantined for 21 days in a government facility. The airline operator said it is following the health authorities’ "prescribed procedures". ...

Police on Sunday said they have arrested seven people in connection with a kidnapping of a man caught up in a cryptocurrency investment scam. Officers said the 39-year-old victim showed up in Kowloon Bay on November 6 to meet a buyer he met online t...

A government adviser on the pandemic, Professor David Hui said on Sunday that the authorities should replace the self-isolation exemption arrangement for air crew with a seven-day quarantine, calling it a “most pressing issue”. In an interview w...

A group of Foodpanda delivery staff on Sunday continued their strike for a second day over cuts in delivery fees. Workers said the company has cut delivery fees by at least 10 dollars per order since January this year, with the amount varying depend...