Hong Kong is extending its Covid booster programme to cover anyone who has received the Sinovac jab. Bookings for such people will open on November 23, although there must be a gap of at least six months between a person's second and third dose of v...

A taxi driver was killed after his vehicle collided with a seven-seater in Kam Tin on Thursday morning. The fronts of the two vehicles were severely damaged in the smash on Kam Tin Road at around 6am. Authorities said the 57-year-old taxi driver wa...

Development Secretary Michael Wong said on Thursday that there may be three large hospitals in the future Northern Metropolis, each of them potentially having more than 2,000 beds. Chief Executive Carrie Lam has proposed building a 300-square-kilom...

An animal welfare advocate has criticised the authorities for using bread to lure wild boars in an operation to capture and kill them, but the government said the tactic was adopted to make sure everyone was safe. Officers from the Agriculture, Fis...

The Hong Kong government has rejected a US report which said the National Security Law (NSL) had eroded the SAR's judicial independence and curtailed freedoms. The report by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission also criti...

Police on Thursday said four more people had been charged in connection with the kidnapping of a man allegedly caught up in a cryptocurrency transaction scam. Officers said the four men, aged between 25 and 40, will appear at Kowloon City court cha...

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) on Wednesday said vets had put down seven wild pigs in Aberdeen, after first tranquilising them with dart guns. The operation took place between 8 pm and 10 pm on Shum Wan Road, where the ...

For the first time, anti-graft officers will be deployed at polling stations in Legislative Council elections. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) said on Wednesday that it will deploy around 800 staff at polling stations on electio...

Health authorities on Wednesday reported three new Covid-19 infections involving patients flying in from Pakistan and South Korea. The three patients are fully vaccinated and were found to be carrying the L452R mutant strain. A man from Pakistan t...

Cyclists will get a chance to ride on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge for the first time when the Cyclothon makes a comeback in January, organisers of the event announced on Wednesday. The Hong Kong Cyclothon, organised by the Tourism Board, was c...

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...