Bank of China and HSBC have announced that their branches will no longer provide services on Saturdays from March 5 in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. In a statement released on Wednesday, HSBC said it had balanced the community's need for normal b...

Hong Kong on Wednesday reported a record 8,674 new coronavirus cases and 43 deaths. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said all but three cases were local infections. It also reported 7,990 newly notified cases. The Hospital Authority said ...

Officials on Wednesday discovered 160 preliminarily positive Covid-19 cases as they wrapped up a 24-hour lockdown of a building in Ma On Shan. They are among 2,000 residents of Heng Fung House at Heng On Estate who were ordered to get tested on earl...

New People's Party lawmaker Regina Ip said the government should offer a cash handout of HK$10,000 each to the people of Hong Kong, instead of giving them a new round of electronic spending vouchers. In his budget blueprint on Wednesday, Financial S...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, has earmarked HK$1.26 billion to boost the battered tourism sector, saying there's a need strengthen the industry and prepare for an eventual border reopening in the near future. "In light of fierce regional com...

The Under Secretary for Innovation and Technology, David Chung, has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. In a statement, the Innovation and Technology Bureau said Chung took a PCR test after his driver caught the virus. It added that althoug...

The Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, on Wednesday said he expects the government to face a deficit in the upcoming fiscal year, even though a surplus is predicted to return in the 2023-24 financial year. For the current 2021-22 fiscal year, Chan said...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Wednesday announced the government will make it easier for property buyers to obtain mortgages for pricier flats – enabling first-time buyers to take out a 90-percent loan for flats worth up to HK$10 million in futu...

The government on Wednesday said it’s looking to urgently introduce a new law that would stop landlords from kicking out smaller businesses that have fallen behind on their rent for at least three months. Financial Secretary Paul Chan also announc...

Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker Alice Mak said on Wednesday that she tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. In a Facebook post, Mak said she had been self-isolating at home after a family member tested positive. She said she had been doing r...

All adult Hong Kong residents will be receiving HK$10,000 worth of electronic spending vouchers as the governments opens public coffers again to try to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The HK$66.4 billion handout headlines a basket of ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Wednesday set aside HK$54 billion to fund Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic efforts, as the SAR battles its worst wave of Covid-19 infections yet. This includes a HK$22 billion boost to boost testing, and additional suppor...

Medical experts on Wednesday called on authorities to make sure there are sufficient isolation facilities for those who test positive in the citywide Covid-19 screening exercise planned for next month. Professor Lau Yu-lung, who chairs an advisory ...

The MTR on Wednesday said a section of railway track near the Causeway Bay station will be replaced after services end at night, following the discovery of cracks during an overnight inspection. The rail operator said the section in question had be...

Infectious diseases expert Leung Chi-chiu said on Tuesday that the government’s plan to rein in Hong Kong's Covid outbreak by testing the entire population in March will go to waste if authorities cannot isolate a large number of infected people qu...

Students in Hong Kong will take an early summer break from next month instead of July, to free up schools for Covid-19 testing, vaccination and isolation purposes. In announcing the arrangements on Tuesday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said classes - ...

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Student Halls Of Residence is among 22 buildings issued with compulsory testing notices on Tuesday. Tower 6 of the Sorrento in Tsim Sha Tsui is also under testing orders, along with two blocks in Nam Cheong Esta...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday announced a compulsory, universal Covid testing programme where 7.4 million residents will visit testing centres three times in March to have specimens taken. The CE said the exercise will be aimed at identifyin...

Health authorities on Tuesday said Covid-19 infections in Hong Kong are now doubling every three days, as they reported 6,211 new cases for the day. All but three of the new infections were locally transmitted. Officials reported 39 Covid-related...

The government on Tuesday locked down a public housing block in Ma On Shan after finding suspected Covid patients there and the virus in sewage samples taken from the building. Residents and recent visitors of Heng Fung House at Heng On Estate must ...