The director of Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, Xia Baolong, said on Monday that Hong Kong had wasted time in seeking "Western-style democracy" but was left only with chaos and divisions. In a speech via video link ahead of this month'...

A man who helped run a Telegram group was on Monday sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to nine incitement charges linked to the social unrest in 2019. Siu Cheung-lung was accused of inciting others to commit riot...

Health authorities on Monday reported five imported Covid-19 cases. The five patients, aged between 29 and 48, arrived from Pakistan, Turkey, Finland, Russia and South Korea. Hong Kong has recorded 12,467 coronavirus cases so far.

Police have launched an animal cruelty investigation after around 30 dead pigeons were found in Tai Po. Authorities received reports on Sunday night and Monday morning about the dead birds near Heng Yiu House at Fu Heng Estate. They also found a ...

A worker died after he was hit by a falling concrete slab while carrying out work at the State Theatre Building in North Point on Monday morning. The 34-year-old was rushed to Ruttonjee Hospital where he was declared dead. Police said the debris ...

The first Legislative Council elections following Beijing’s revamp of Hong Kong’s electoral system take place on December 19. Following the polls, the SAR will have a new legislature consisting of 90 lawmakers – 20 of them elected by the peopl...

Tuen Mun Hospital announced on Sunday that it had apologised to the family of a man who died after medics failed to diagnose that he'd had a heart attack, adding that it has asked the coroner to investigate. The 57-year-old man was rushed to the ac...

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 the mainland'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 ...

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...