The heads of the Bar Association and Law Society said on Saturday that Hong Kong should continue to invite foreign judges to sit on its top court. The recent resignation of UK Supreme Court president Robert Reed and judge Patrick Hodge from the Hon...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Saturday that all residents would be encouraged to test themselves daily for three consecutive days in the coming week as officials seek to better gauge the SAR's Covid situation. The announcement came as officials...

Government pandemic advisor David Hui on Saturday played down concerns about the latest version of the Omicron Covid variant, a combination of two earlier strains known as XE. Hui made the comment after officials confirmed on Friday that two people...

The government on Friday gazetted compulsory testing notices for 25 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. ...

Tuen Mun Hospital on Friday apologised to a patient after losing a breast tissue specimen of hers. In a statement, a hospital spokesperson said the patient had an ultrasound guided biopsy done on Wednesday, and the specimen was successfully collect...

The government said it will start giving out anti-Covid packs from 10am on Saturday, with the hope of sending them to all households across Hong Kong within a week. Each anti-epidemic service bag contains 10 rapid test kits, 10 KN95 face masks and ...

The DAB said on Friday that 65 percent of parents it polled do not want in-person classes for kindergartens and primary schools to resume later this month. The political party received online responses from 8,389 parents and school principals of mo...

The number of new Covid cases in Hong Kong fell to 5,823 on Friday, some 800 cases less than the previous day . Among the new infections, 2,743 were confirmed by PCR tests while 3,080 were reported by people who took rapid tests. Chuang Shuk-kwan o...

University of Hong Kong researchers say a new study indicates that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has resulted in seven times more child fatalities than flu. They announced the finding after studying the cases of 1,147 young Covid patients ...

A green group said on Friday that more has to be done to preserve wetlands, even though there's been an increase in endangered black-faced spoonbills returning to Hong Kong this wintering season. The plea from the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society cam...

Health Secretary Sophia Chan says officials still plan to require the use of PCR tests when they issue compulsory testing notices. This comes as the government prepares to hand out rapid at-home test kits to every household from Saturday. Chief Ex...

Four people were injured after a fire broke out in a subdivided flat in Yau Ma Tei on Friday morning. Firefighters said they were called to the scene at Sing On Building on Temple Street at around 7.35am, and the fire was put out after 15 minutes. ...

The new chairman of the M+ Museum board, Bernard Chan, said while some artists previously expressed worries about the national security law, things have improved over time and it's no longer an issue. He noted that in the past, some artists had expr...

Hong Kong residents stranded for months in nine overseas places began arriving home on Friday, after the lifting of flight bans imposed by the SAR government. More than 2,000 people were expected to arrive from cities including London, Sydney and Ka...

An infectious diseases expert on Friday said that relying on people to take rapid Covid tests at home may mean that as many as 15 percent of infections are missed. Joseph Tsang from the Medical Association told an RTHK programme that rapid antigen ...

The government has dismissed reports by the UK and US governments on Hong Kong, saying the allegations they made against the SAR authorities were "unfounded and ridiculous". The reports in question were published on Thursday local time. They were th...

Hong Kong was expecting more than 2,000 residents who've been stranded abroad for months to arrive back in the SAR on Friday as flight bans on nine territories came to an end. People had been banned from flying to Hong Kong from countries including...

A risk consultant says a move to allow the police to recruit permanent residents who haven't lived in Hong Kong for seven years is a smart move that will help the force fill vacancies and pull in a wider range of skills. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong...

The government on Thursday gazetted 25 mandatory Covid testing notices for locations in Tsing Yi, Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O, Kwai Chung, Tin Shui Wai, Sau Mau Ping, Tai Po, Cheung Sha Wan, Sheung Shui, Tuen Mun, Sha Tin, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Shau Kei ...

Nine foreign judges from Britain, Australia and Canada confirmed on Thursday they will stay on Hong Kong's top court after two senior British justices resigned. Judges from common law jurisdictions are invited to sit as non-permanent members at Hong...