The government on Saturday has found 293 infections after locking down four buildings in Kwong Fuk Estate in Tai Po and a block in Wong Tai Sin. Amongst them, 98 were from Kwong Lai House, 59 were from Kwong Lai House, 55 were from Kwong Chi House a...

The police on Saturday said they have arrested eight people in connection with thirty scams, involving money laundering. The force said the arrestees - who aged between 29 and 73 - include five low-income people recruited to open so called "stooge" ...

The Customs Department said on Saturday that it had seized suspected cocaine with an estimated market value of about HK$110 million, and arrested two teenagers and a woman. Vincent Lee, who heads the department's drug investigation group, said they ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday dismissed reports that her administration was making a "major concession" by planning to loosen the flight suspension mechanism. Her remarks came as local media reported that lobbying from the aviation industr...

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Law Chi-kwong, said on Saturday that the government will set up an inter-departmental task force to help care homes deal with the pandemic, as he admitted to shortcomings in tackling the fifth Covid wave. Speak...

The government said on Saturday that almost 180,000 people have now applied for the new one-off jobless subsidy, since it opened for applications on Wednesday. Speaking on an RTHK programme, Doris Ho, who heads the Policy Innovation and Co-ordinati...

The minister in charge of the government's vaccination drive, Patrick Nip, said on Saturday that the authorities are going to inoculate disabled or elderly people at their homes. Speaking after attending a radio programme, he said he hopes the outre...

Police said on Saturday that they're investigating a fatal traffic accident in Lok Ma Chau in which a 46-year-old mainland man died. They said that at about 10pm on Friday, a medium goods vehicle driven by the 46-year-old Mainland man was traveling ...

The government on Friday issued 15 compulsory Covid testing notices for locations in Chai Wan, Tuen Mun, Tai Po, Tseung Kwan O, Sha Tin, Tin Shui Wai, Pok Fu Lam, Yuen Long, Tsing Yi, Cheung Sha Wan, Tse Wan Shan, Kwai Chung, and Sheung Shui. The Ce...

The government announced on Friday that various departments will gradually resume public services from April 1, with a view to largely resuming all normal services from April 21. In a statement, authorities said the move is in line with the governm...

The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said on Friday that the personal information of 15,000 electors has been leaked as one of its staff members mistakenly sent the files to an unknown email address. The office said the staff member had int...

Hong Kong’s daily coronavirus cases on Friday dropped to a one-month low of 10,405. Among them, 4,578 were confirmed by PCR tests in laboratories, while 5,827 people reported positive rapid test results via an online platform. Albert Au of the Ce...

The government said those who wish to take part in the postponed Chief Executive election – now slated for May 8 – can submit their bids from April 3. The poll was originally slated for the coming Sunday, but was pushed back due to the latest...

Seven people suspected of being linked to the kidnapping of a cryptocurrency trader in Hong Kong last November have been arrested by mainland authorities and handed over to the SAR, police sources said on Friday. Hong Kong police had laid charges ag...

Officials sealed off four buildings in Kwong Fuk Estate in Tai Po, as well as another block in Wong Tai Sin for Covid testing on Friday, while four earlier lockdowns ended with 167 infections found. The government said it made the restriction testin...

The University of Hong Kong has named Wallace Lau, its chair of rheumatology and clinical immunology, as interim dean of medicine. Lau, who is also a government pandemic adviser, will take up the post on August 1, when outgoing head Gabriel Leung l...

Startup carrier Greater Bay Airlines on Friday said it plans to launch its maiden commercial flight this summer after receiving the green light from local and overseas regulators. The new carrier, founded by mainland tycoon Bill Wong, was in Februar...

The government on Friday said it plans to start sending out anti-epidemic packs to all Hong Kong households at the start of next month and it hopes to complete the deliveries within a week. The contents will include 20 rapid test kits, 20 KN95 mask...

The Elderly Services Association said on Friday that the Social Welfare Department will arrange outreach teams to inoculate elderly people in care homes with BioNTech coronavirus jabs. On an RTHK programme, the association’s chairman, Kenneth Ch...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong said on Friday that he expected joblessness in the SAR to peak in the three months ending in April as government support schemes begin to take effect. Speaking on RTHK's Money Talk programme, Law said t...