Hong Kong reported 77 new local coronavirus cases on Sunday, among them 15 were untraceable. The Centre for Health Protection’s Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan said the patients who were infected by unknown sources live in various districts, including Tuen M...

The government on Sunday said it’s not against the law to “discuss views” on the effectiveness of its policies against Covid-19, as it stressed that “dynamic clearance” is the most effective way to cope with the pandemic. In a statement, ...

Health minister Sophia Chan on Sunday urged people to cut down on gatherings over the Lunar New Year holiday and use virtual communications to send season's greetings. "The year of Tiger is fast approaching. Because of the pandemic, we have to stri...

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, said on Sunday that the severe shortage of foreign domestic helpers may ease next month, when more of them can come to Hong Kong after the quarantine period is shortened from 21 days to 14. Writi...

Almost 70 percent of Hong Kong people support the government’s “dynamic clearance” strategy against the new wave of Covid-19 outbreaks, a survey has found. The think tank Bauhinia Institute said it interviewed around a thousand people between...

Officials lifted overnight lockdowns in Tung Chung and Kwai Chung on Sunday morning, and said no positive cases were found. They said they tested 890 people for Covid-19 in a lockdown of Tower 16 of Crystal Cove in Caribbean Coast after Covid cases ...

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced on Saturday that most local pet shops that sell hamsters would be allowed to resume business from Sunday after tests for Covid-19 in their animals and premises came back negative. Shop...

A hospital in Wong Tai Sin ordered one of its doctors to quarantine on Saturday after a woman who attended its outpatient clinic tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. The 73-year-old woman went to Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital on Friday, compla...

Health officials moved in at residential block in Tung Chung and Kwai Chung on Saturday night for overnight lockdown and testing operations, after residents tested preliminary positive for a mutant strain of Covid-19. Residents of Tower 16 at Crysta...

Health officials reported 120 new Covid infections on Saturday, with 86 of the new infections locally transmitted. New cases are still emerging from the virus-stricken Kwai Chung Estate, even as the extended lockdowns over three buildings in the e...

The District Court on Saturday found a man guilty of rioting and assaulting a police officer during a protest outside the Tuen Mun Town Hall on National Day in 2019, but acquitted two others of joining an unlawful assembly. Yip Ho-hin, 23, was conv...

The University of Hong Kong on Saturday covered up a slogan commemorating the events of June 4, 1989, on a bridge on its campus, describing the work as part of its regular maintenance schedule. Workers were seen boarding off a section of the pavemen...

The Baptist University said on Saturday it was cutting all ties with a student-led editorial body, after the group accused the University of censoring its publications and said its members were resigning en masse on Friday. The HKBU Students’ Uni...

Police Commissioner Raymond Siu warned media organisations on Saturday that they won't be exempted from criminal liability, even if they publish disclaimers saying they don’t intend to incite hatred or discontent with the government. At least on...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday backed a call from a lawmaker for pandemic subsidies for frontline cleaners and security guards who've faced a heavier workload during the pandemic and found themselves at high risk of contracting Covid-19. DAB...

A government expert advisor expressed concern on Saturday that the SAR's current coronavirus surge will worsen after the Lunar New Year holidays. Speaking on a radio show, Wallace Lau said the trend is worrying, saying this infection wave is likely...

Extended lockdowns targeting buildings in the virus-stricken Kwai Chung Estate were all lifted as of Saturday morning, as residents of Ying Kwai House and Ha Kwai House were finally free to leave their blocks. A few residents of Ying Kwai House, wh...

The government has lifted overnight lockdowns in Tsuen Wan and Hung Hom and said no tests came back positive. It said health officials tested about 75 people in Tai Yuen House, at 77-83 Tai Pa Street in Tsuen Wan were tested, but officials were stil...

The government on Friday evening ordered lockdowns for two residential buildings, in Hung Hom and Tsuen Wan, after a resident in each block tested positive for Covid-19. Residents of Block D of Loong King Mansion on Ma Tau Wai Road and Tai Yuen Hous...

The government said on Friday the Hong Kong economy grew by 6.4 percent in 2021, ending two years of contraction. A government spokesman noted double-digit growth in exports and stronger private consumption helped fuel the rebound last year, while t...