Hong Kong authorities on Thursday said they had arrested nine people, including senior executives of three listed companies, on suspicion of money laundering in connection with alleged stock manipulation. Officers from the Securities and Futures Com...

The ICAC on Thursday charged two people with inciting others to cast blank ballots in Sunday's Legco polls by re-posting a social media post in which former lawmaker Ted Hui allegedly made such an appeal. These are the first prosecutions under a new...

Health authorities have banned Nepal Airlines from flying passenger flights from Kathmandu to Hong Kong for two weeks, after four passengers on a December 14 flight were confirmed to be infected with Covid-19. Officials said the four were found to ...

Four people remained in a stable condition in hospital on Thursday, a day after being caught up in a fire at the World Trade Centre. They were among hundreds of people who were trapped in the Causeway Bay skyscraper on Wednesday afternoon, after a ...

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant could make a lot of people severely sick even though the strain may be less pathogenic. Experiments done by the research team found that the new variant ca...

Candidates running in the New Territories South West geographical constituency have been making their final pitches to voters ahead of Sunday’s polls. Watch the candidates lay out the key elements of their platforms.

Police have completed a major operation aimed at what they described as "purifying the city's internet" following a sharp rise in on-line crime during the pandemic. The force says it identified 15 servers controlled by hackers and removed them, along...

The ICAC on Wednesday said another four people had been arrested on suspicion of inciting others not to vote, or to cast blank ballots, in Sunday's Legco elections. The three men and a woman, aged between 22 and 58, are accused of sharing an online...

The Law Reform Commission has called for the lifting of a ban on outcome-related fee structures for arbitration cases "as soon as possible", which would allow clients to pay no or lower lawyer fees unless they win their disputes. The commission said...

Health authorities said on Wednesday that a woman who recently arrived from the United States has been confirmed to have the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The patient, 21, is the ninth imported Omicron case in Hong Kong. The centre said the woman ...

Firefighters on Wednesday rescued hundreds of people from a fire in the World Trade Centre in Causeway Bay, with some of those trapped for hours in the building plucked to safety from a rooftop. Thirteen people were taken to hospital, a majority of...

Urging people to boycott this weekend's Legislative Council elections or to cast blank ballots could breach the national security law, Security Secretary Chris Tang has warned, as he also reassured people that police will be working hard to prevent p...

The Consumer Council has warned people not to eat too much processed meat, saying that some products are high in sodium and contain substances that can cause cancer. The council tested 23 ham and 7 turkey slice samples and found that over 90 percent...

The Consumer Council has called on people to beware of promotions involving free or cheap health check-ups, saying some companies have lured customers into buying expensive and unnecessary treatment plans during such examinations. The council said d...

The High Court has granted the government's request to wind up Next Digital, the parent company of Apple Daily. Financial Secretary Paul Chan had said in a bid he submitted in September that it was in the public interest to wind up the company, whi...

A medical expert advising the government on Covid-19 says people should now look at vaccines as a means to prevent serious illnesses, instead of focusing on whether they can stop infections. Professor Lau Yu-lung, who chairs a scientific committee ...

Two established incumbents are facing off against a newcomer in the New Territories North West geographical constituency of the upcoming Legislative Council Elections. The DAB’s Holden Chow and Michael Tien of Roundtable are looking to be re-elect...

The SAR administration on Tuesday said it “strongly opposes” the “unfounded allegations” the UK made about the Hong Kong government in its latest Six-monthly Report on the city. The report, compiled by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and D...

A car caught fire inside Tate's Cairn Tunnel on Tuesday evening, forcing a brief closure of the tunnel. Police said they were alerted about the incident shortly after 6pm. An online photo showed flames coming out from the front of a car in the Sh...

The Competition Commission said on Tuesday that it has launched a probe into possible antitrust violations among companies supplying fuel for vehicles. "The ongoing investigation into auto-fuel cases is something which we decided to do in view of th...