Health authorities on Tuesday reported 124 new Covid-19 cases, 93 of which were locally transmitted infections. It’s the third day running that Hong Kong has seen a daily caseload of over 100. Fifty-three of the local cases are linked to previo...

Two more workers at a foster home in Prince Edward were arrested on Tuesday over allegations of abuse, the police said. The two female employees, aged 25 and 29, were being detained on suspicion of ill-treatment or neglect of children. Officers hav...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that she had ordered Home Affairs Secretary Caspar Tsui not to return to work until a disciplinary investigation is completed into his attendance at a Covid-hit birthday party. More than a dozen other offic...

Concerns were raised on Tuesday over cross-infection risks at a public housing estate in Kwai Chung which has seen over 200 Covid cases, as residents complained about testing arrangements and hygiene conditions. The government has announced that the...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday that another block in the Covid-stricken Kwai Chung Estate will be locked down for five days. Ha Kwai House had already been sealed off overnight for mass testing, but Lam said there’s a need to ext...

Six preliminary positive cases have been found in two of three overnight lockdowns imposed by health authorities. Health officials found five preliminary positive Covid cases at an overnight lockdown in Ha Kwai House in Kwai Chung Estate – the ce...

The Labour Department said it's "highly concerned" about a fatal work accident at a construction site at the West Kowloon Cultural District on Monday afternoon in which a male worker was trapped while repairing a crane. He was certified dead later in...

Health officials say three residential buildings are under overnight lockdown. They said a lockdown is in effect at Ha Kwai House in Kwai Chung Estate, after a test result involving a mutant, which they didn't identify. They also noted that sever...

Some residents of a residential block in Wong Tai Sin were being evacuated on Monday night, amid suspicion that the coronavirus is being transmitted vertically at the building. Dr Albert Au of the Centre for Health Protection said three people who l...

Legislative Council President Andrew Leung said on Monday that an outsourced Legco worker has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19, but he brushed aside concerns over a possible outbreak at the complex. The worker, who lives in the virus-strick...

The Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui, who is completing self-isolation after attending local National People's Congress deputy Witman Hung's birthday party earlier this month, will not be returning to work on Tuesday. According to a government...

An Omicron outbreak at Kwai Chung Estate has expanded to more blocks, with the cluster now seeing over 210 confirmed or suspected infections. Health authorities reported 69 new confirmed Covid patients from the virus-stricken estate on Monday, wit...

Chief Justice Andrew Cheung said on Monday that Hong Kong’s judicial independence “exists as a fact” and any unsubstantiated criticism of court decisions is meaningless and hollow. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the legal year, Cheung sai...

Police on Monday arrested a 51-year-old man after two people were wounded in an attack in Sham Shui Po. The incident took place near the intersection of Tai Nan Street and Kweilin Street on Sunday evening. Two people were injured with a cutter, pol...

Hong Kong has seen a rebound in the number of foreign companies and startups in the past year despite the ongoing pandemic and travel restrictions, according to a survey by Invest Hong Kong. The department found that the total number of foreign firm...

The police have urged people not to go to the Mong Kok Flower Market in light of Hong Kong's worsening Covid outbreak, adding that those who do go should avoid peak times. The force made the appeal as it announced a series of crowd and traffic cont...

A think tank has called on the government to cut back public consultation on housing developments so it can build public flats faster. That’s one of the suggestions floated by the Our Hong Kong Foundation on Monday to streamline procedures, so, i...

A microbiologist from the University of Hong Kong on Monday said the severity of Omicron should not be downplayed and the coronavirus variant should not be considered to be like the common cold, even though it is weaker than previous strains of Covid...

Health officials said on Monday that no positive cases were found during an overnight lockdown of Fu Keung House in Tai Wo Hau Estate. They said about 1,150 residents were tested during the operation, which ended at about 7am. The officials said th...

Police said they're investigating a suspected manslaughter and suicide case in Tai Po early on Sunday in which a 31-year-old man and his 62-year-old mother died. They said that at about 3.40am, they were told of a fire in a unit on On Po Lane. Th...