Hong Kong's cross-habour swimming race is making a comeback on December 12, after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the 2019 protests. Organisers have set a quota of 1,500 swimmers, and participants have to be fully vaccinated and ...

The High Court on Wednesday jailed a couple for five years and four months over the death of a baby girl they were asked to look after by the child's mother. Or Ching-man, 36, and her boyfriend Shiu Kwok-wai, 33, earlier pleaded guilty to ill-treat...

FedEx on Wednesday confirmed that it is closing its Hong Kong pilot base, citing the city's Covid regulations as being partly behind its decision. "As the global business environment continues to evolve and with the pandemic requirements in Hong Kon...

Chief Secretary John Lee says the media industry could consider introducing rules to regulate itself against the spread of fake news. He told RTHK’s Overview Policy that the law protects freedom of information, but “fake information that’s de...

An economics scholar on Wednesday said the resignation of the head of the American Chamber of Commerce should serve as a "wake-up call" for the SAR government. Tara Joseph, who is currently in the US, told Reuters News Agency that she was quitting ...

Hong Kong Disneyland Park says it will temporarily close on Wednesday to ensure that cast members can complete a Covid test. On Tuesday, the government issued a compulsory testing notice for anyone who had been at the park between 11 am and 6 pm on ...

Foodpanda management and courier representatives look set to meet again on Thursday, after failing to reach a consensus to avoid further strike action, following hours of talks. The workers say they are unhappy with the food delivery platform's dec...

The president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said on Tuesday she is resigning as she cannot appeal to the city's government to ease Covid-19 restrictions at the same time as having to undergo quarantine herself. The Hong Kong gover...

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...