The council chairman of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Lam Tai-fai, on Sunday invited elite athletes from the mainland to study at the institution for free. The invitation came as Olympic athletes from the national team wrapped up their thre...

Pharmacists on Sunday advised people not to wait for a second generation vaccine as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread across the globe. The call comes as about four out of 10 people polled by the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of ...

Health authorities on Sunday reported nine imported Covid-19 cases, including six sea crew members who arrived from Japan. They arrived on cargo ship Glory Sky on December 1 and had been undergoing quarantine on the vessel after one of their collea...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that Hong Kong must respect China's socialist system and support the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in line with the country's constitution. Writing on his blog, he said he had learned more ab...

The new head of Hong Kong's Catholic diocese, Stephen Chow, said on Saturday the church is willing to serve as a bridge for people to come together and mend their differences. Pope Francis named Chow as bishop in May to replace Cardinal John Tong, w...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday took aim at critics of Beijing’s moves to bring in the National Security Law and electoral changes to the SAR, saying any claim that the measures undermined the one country, two systems principle was mere "non...

Health officials on Saturday reported four new imported Covid-19 cases, all fully vaccinated and infected with the L452R mutant strain. The new patients flew in from the UK, Turkey, the US and Indonesia. They include a man who spent time in the UK...

Mainland Olympians on a three-day-visit to Hong Kong got a warm welcome from members of the public as they gave sports demonstrations on Saturday morning. The athletes, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics earlier this year, showcased their skills in...

The commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Simon Peh said on Saturday that the anti-graft body is studying whether a pollster has violated election laws, by including the options of casting blank votes in a survey about ...

The director of broadcasting, Patrick Li, said on Saturday that RTHK has a duty to help to educate Hongkongers about the Basic Law and develop their national identity. At a flag-raising ceremony co-organised by RTHK, the Basic Law Foundation and the...

Government officials marked Constitution Day on Saturday by stressing the need for strengthened education about the Constitution and the Basic Law. Writing on his blog, Chief Secretary John Lee said anti-China disruptors had been spreading false an...

Security Secretary Chris Tang on Friday accused the online media Stand News of running what he called "biased, smearing and demonising" reports about the authorities' smart prison initiative. Stand News recently featured complaints from asylum seeke...

Police on Friday said they had arrested 11 people suspected of being part of a gang that allegedly laundered HK$220 million over the past two years. Officers said they arrested the eight men and three women, aged between 23 and 57, during an operati...

The first Chinese sprinter who reached an Olympic 100-metre final, Su Bingtian, said on Friday he's looking forward to a meaningful get-together with Hong Kong people and athletes in the coming days. He's among 29 Olympic athletes from the national...

Around 20 sailors are being held in quarantine on board their vessel in Hong Kong after one of their colleagues was diagnosed with Covid-19. The Glory Sky, a cargo ship, arrived in the territory from Japan on Wednesday. Officials say the 51-year-o...

The official in charge of Hong Kong's vaccination programme, Patrick Nip, said on Friday the SAR doesn't have to reach a target inoculation rate to open up quarantine-free travel with the mainland. But he said higher vaccination rates here would re...

MTR officials say they have removed a component from several advertising panels after a carriage door was ripped off a train in Causeway Bay on Thursday evening. Officials said on Friday that they believe a loose component caused the incident which...

Transport expert Hung Wing-tat says it's totally unacceptable to have loose parts from an advertising panel affect the safety of a train, and suggested that a switch to digital advertising could avoid problems in future. Hung was commenting on RTHK'...

An academic has warned that the SAR's newly-launched health code system will not work effectively if the government fails to cultivate public trust. Kris Hartley, an assistant professor of public management and administration at the Education Univer...

Hong Kong on Thursday announced stricter requirements for transit passengers coming from Taiwan and overseas after a traveller who spent days stuck at the airport was found to be carrying the Omicron Covid variant. The government said in a statement...