The District Court on Thursday sentenced a man who posted a message on Facebook encouraging others to attack police officers to seven months in jail. Tony Choi was earlier found guilty of incitement to cause grievous bodily harm. The court heard he...

The government has officially launched Hong Kong's health code system, but has stressed that there is no plan to use it within the SAR. People hoping to travel quarantine-free to the mainland once the border reopens will be able to sign up for a co...

Hong Kong reported six new imported Covid-19 cases on Thursday. The Centre for Health Protection said the patients, aged 22 to 60, recently arrived from the UK, South Africa, Qatar, the US, Pakistan and Russia. One of them, a 38-year-old man, liv...

Researchers from two local universities say a study they have carried out suggests that supplementing a type of bacteria in the gut can help improve a person's antibody response to Covid vaccinations. The research team from the medical faculties of...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung on Thursday called on the Airport Authority to tighten anti-epidemic rules on transit passengers, after a man who was stranded at the airport for days was found with the Omicron variant of Covid-19....

An economist behind an annual cost-of-living survey has said that the Hong Kong dollar's peg to the US currency, as well as cheaper prices for clothing and services such as haircuts, helped push the SAR off the top of an annual list of the most expen...

A driver has been arrested after a fatal crash involving a motorcycle at Tai Tam Road on Wednesday night. Police say the motorbike was heading towards Chai Wan at about 8.15pm when it was in a head-on crash with a private car near the Shek O roundab...

Hong Kong on Wednesday reported its fourth case of the new Omicron Covid variant, involving a traveller who spent days stuck at the airport here. Health officials said the man, 38, arrived in Hong Kong from Qatar on flight QR818 on November 24 for ...

Scientists at the University of Hong Kong said on Wednesday they will collaborate with mainland drug makers to develop a vaccine against the Omicron variant, adding that it would take a few months to make an inactivated vaccine using the Covid-19 vir...

A 19-year-old student acquitted of possessing a laser pointer for an illegal purpose is filing a lawsuit against the secretary for justice to claim damages. West Kowloon Court found Parco Pang not guilty of the charge in June, after ruling that the ...

The High Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction and sentence of a university student accused of hitting a mainland student. Chan Hoi-man had been given a nine-and-a-half month prison term for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Video foot...

Hong Kong has been ranked the fifth most expensive city in the world – down from it’s top position last year. According to data by the Economist Intelligence Unit's World Cost of Living Index, the SAR was knocked off the top spot by Tel Aviv �...

A government adviser on values education says there's a global problem of young people lacking goals in life and that’s why “diligence” has been added as one of the core values to be taught in Hong Kong schools. Alan Chow, a member of the Cur...

Police on Wednesday said they had arrested 20 people on suspicion of money laundering over alleged online dating scams involving a total of HK$15 million. The operation was jointly carried out with Interpol and police in Malaysia, where another sev...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have successfully isolated the Omicron variant from clinical Covid-19 specimens, in a crucial development which would enable the development of vaccines against the variant. The university on Tuesday said t...

The Hong Kong government announced on Tuesday that travel restrictions will be tightened on arrivals from Japan, Portugal and Sweden because of the emergence of the Covid-19 Omicron variant. From Friday, non-Hong Kong residents who've spent time in ...

A new survey suggests the number of young people who are keen in pursuing full-time jobs in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) has dropped slightly to 12.5 percent, while 82 percent say they aren't interested. MWYO, a think-tank, commissioned the Chinese Un...

Police said on Tuesday eight people were arrested over the seizure of cannabidiol (CBD) products that contain a dangerous drug. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the main psychoactive substance in cannabis and is banned in Hong Kong. It can cause seriou...

Hong Kong residents will be able to enter or leave the city by simply looking into a camera from Wednesday as the Immigration Department introduces facial recognition technology at some of its automated clearance channels. The airport, the Shenzhen ...

The Education Bureau (EDB) on Tuesday unveiled new guidelines on values education aimed at instiling positive values and attitudes in primary and secondary school students, using "Chinese culture as the backbone." The Values and Education Curriculum...