Health authorities found a total of 143 Covid cases after a number of building lockdowns in Wong Tai Sin, Sham Shui Po, Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan on Tuesday night. Around 1,100 people at Tan Fung House of Choi Hung Estate were tested and 52 of them w...

People who applied for the government’s unemployment subsidy on Wednesday said they hope the coronavirus outbreak can be brought to an end quickly so that they can get back on their feet.   Many of them headed to five government centres to sign...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Wednesday that resuming quarantine-free cross-border travel with the mainland remains a top priority of the SAR government, but admitted there isn’t a timetable yet. The SAR government had been in talks with its...

Researchers from Polytechnic University have warned that two in five Covid-19 patients in Hong Kong may suffer from the ‘long Covid’ syndrome even after they are cleared of the coronavirus, adding that aerobic and lower limb exercises can help ea...

The government announced on Wednesday that schools are required to have all of their staff members and at least 90 percent of students double-jabbed in order to resume full-day in-person classes after their early summer break in April. Speaking at ...

Representatives of the tourism industry and domestic helper agencies have urged authorities to lift or adjust the flight suspension mechanism, saying it's no longer appropriate to temporarily ban specific flights from landing in Hong Kong just becaus...

The chief of China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong says the SAR will triumph in its fight against Covid-19 with "robust support from Beijing", adding that One Country, Two Systems will play a part in helping the city "claim victory soon". I...

The government on Tuesday issued a compulsory testing notice for 10 locations across the territory. People who stayed at these places for more than two hours from March 9 to 22 are required to undergo a Covid-19 nucleic acid test by Thursday. “In...

The government is said to be mulling a higher vaccination requirement for students for face-to-face classes to resume, but an education policy concern group has expressed reservations about it. The Education Bureau earlier said schools can apply to ...

The government said on Tuesday that it has resumed issuing compulsory testing notices via the LeaveHomeSafe app to people who've been to high-risk places, but those recently infected with Covid-19 will be exempted from taking a test. Health author...

Cathay Pacific said on Tuesday that it will only be able to operate a very limited number of passenger flights to Hong Kong when the travel ban is lifted from April 1. In light of the Omicron outbreaks, authorities had since January suspended fligh...

Representatives of the innovation and technology sector have urged the government to take steps immediately to keep talent in Hong Kong and attract more to the city, saying an ongoing brain drain could be hard to reverse. “I found that the brain ...

Development secretary Michael Wong has brushed aside concerns that a government proposal to simplify land planning processes will weaken public participation. Officials have suggested simplifying consultation procedures, as they reform laws on area...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported 14,152 new local Covid cases. Among them, 4,296 were confirmed by PCR tests in laboratories, while 9,856 people reported their positive rapid test results via an online platform. The Centre for Health Protecti...

A senior mainland health official on Tuesday expressed support for Hong Kong's suspension of a plan to test all residents for Covid-19, saying it was a decision made in accordance with the city's latest pandemic situation. Liang Wannian from the Na...

Authorities on Tuesday picked up 288 Covid-19 infections after locking down several residential blocks for overnight testing. 96 cases were detected from Choi Lai House of Choi Yuen Estate in Sheung Shui. At Shing Yat House of Kwai Shing East Est...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) said on Tuesday that Hong Kong is facing a crossroad over whether to keep its dynamic clearance strategy against Covid-19, or move on to start treating it as an endemic disease that will keep circula...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam will resume her question-and-answer session with lawmakers on Wednesday, but this time it will be moved to a virtual setting. The afternoon session will last 90 minutes. The last time Lam attended a Legco meeting in per...

A group of subdivided flat tenants said on Tuesday that the government’s new rent control policy has failed to protect them, as authorities are not completely clear about the provisions of the legislation and refuse to act as a mediator when landlo...

National security police on Tuesday said they are going to investigate every single student who joined martial arts classes taught by a man detained on suspicion of acting with seditious intent. A 59-year-old man described as having a foreign backg...