Infectious diseases expert David Hui on Friday said the government should consider following the UK’s example in banning flights from South Africa and five of its neighbouring countries in light of the emergence of a new Covid-19 variant in the reg...

Health authorities on Friday reported four new imported Covid-19 cases. They include two boys, aged 9 and 11, who flew in from Singapore on Wednesday. The other infected travellers are a 25-year-old man who had been to the Czech Republic, Italy ...

Tickets are selling fast for next week’s shows to be attended by mainland athletes who competed in the Tokyo Olympics. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department said online sales had gone smoothly, with almost 90 percent of the 5,300 tickets o...

The Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Friday that she hopes as many people as possible will soon be allowed quarantine-free travel across the border. The CE was speaking at a forum after mainland anti-epidemic experts agreed that Hong Kong people c...

Government data shows private home prices in October slipped 0.9 percent from September, when they dropped marginally on a month-on-month basis. But compared to a year ago, prices were still up more than three percent. Flats under 1,075 square feet ...

The Court of Appeal has set a hearing for March 22 and 23 next year to handle Tong Ying-kit's appeal against his conviction and sentence for terrorism and inciting secession. Tong, the first person convicted under the national security law, was jai...

The head of the University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Lo Chung-mau, admitted on Friday that there have been hiccups in the renewal of their contract, but added they are but “small storms” that will be weathered. The 10-year contract betwee...

The Labour Department says a scaffolding worker died in Yuen Long on Thursday afternoon, after falling from a height. It said the man had been erecting a truss-out scaffold on the external wall of a residential building. He was later declared dead ...

Sha Tin Hospital on Thursday said staff found a psychiatric patient unconscious in a ward toilet at about 10.40 am. A hospital spokesman said the 51-year-old man had clothing coiled around his neck. He was rushed to Prince of Wales Hospital, where ...

Chief Secretary John Lee on Thursday said Hong Kong has in principle met the requirements for a full border reopening. Speaking after holding talks with mainland officials in Shenzhen as head of the Hong Kong delegation, Lee said the SAR was now rea...

Health authorities reported six new imported Covid-19 infections on Thursday. They included an aircrew member who flew in from Russia and a foreign domestic helper from the Philippines. The others arrived from France, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh...

The High Court on Thursday upheld the Communications Authority's finding that an episode of the RTHK show Headliner insulted the police. But the judge rejected the authority's ruling that the show failed to present a broad range of views. RTHK Progr...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday that it would be wrong for people to think that Beijing owes Hong Kong people universal suffrage. Delivering a live-streamed lecture to teachers involved in citizenship and social development lessons, Lam ...

Ombudsman Winnie Chiu on Thursday urged the government to tighten medical requirements for older drivers, given that there are now so many on the territory's roads. From the age of 70, when motorists renew their driving licences every three years th...

The Law Society said on Thursday that it had shut down two law firms with alleged links to fraudulent transactions involving property worth more than HK$60 million. The society said it began looking into Flora Lam & Co and Li & Associates in light o...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Thursday that prevention is better than cure when it comes to stopping fake news in the media and disinformation on the internet from harming society. Delivering a speech via video-link at the Forum on Network Medi...

A century-old underground reservoir at Bishop Hill in Sham Shui Po will be opened for guided tours from December 15, with a quota of around 1,000 visitors a month. The Sham Shui Po Service Reservoir narrowly escaped demolition last year, after Roma...

A transport journalist says he's "disappointed" with the government's new automated parking system in Tsuen Wan, calling it old-fashioned, and pointing out that there are no charging points for electric vehicles or any connection to a smart city netw...

An intellectual property lawyer on Thursday welcomed moves to reform the SAR's copyright laws, but says they need to take into account technological changes if Hong Kong is to develop as an intellectual property hub. The government announced on Wedn...

Police are warning that criminals are preying on foreign domestic helpers by offering them cash in exchange for access to their bank accounts, which are then used for money laundering. They say gangs are contacting migrant workers, via social media ...