Former Chief Secretary John Lee has pledged to adopt result-oriented governance, boost Hong Kong's competitiveness and consolidate the foundation for the city's development, as he formally announced his intention to run in the upcoming Chief Executiv...

The police have arrested three men on suspicion of fraud for allegedly helping people to cash out their consumption vouchers. Officers took action after noticing advertisements on social media, which said the recently-distributed spending vouchers ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Saturday revealed that there has been a slight jump in the number of new Covid cases reported through self-testing, after the territory kicked off a three-day voluntary mass coronavirus screening exercise the day before....

Education secretary Kevin Yeung said on Saturday that the government is planning to ask pupils to do frequent rapid Covid tests, when they return to school for face-to-face classes starting from April 19. Speaking on an RTHK programme, the minister...

A key member of John Lee's campaign team for his bid to become Chief Executive said they hope to - and are confident they can - get one-third of election committee members to nominate him to join the race. Tam Yiu-chung, who is Hong Kong’s sole de...

An associate dean of engineering at the Chinese University on Saturday said Hong Kong should legislate to ensure information security to prevent threats to national security. Speaking on RTHK's NSL Chronicles programme, Professor Wong Kam-fai said ...

The government on Friday gazetted 25 mandatory Covid testing notices for locations in Sha Tin, Tuen Mun, Tin Shui Wai, Kowloon City, Lam Tin, Sau Mau Ping, Tsing Yi, Ho Man Tin, Ngau Tau Kok, Sheung Shui, Tai Wai, Ma On Shan, Shek Kip Mei, Cheung Sha...

Six suspected illegal workers and one suspected employer were arrested by the Immigration Department this week. The arrests were made during raids at 81 locations – the majority being food and beverage outlets. The suspected illegal workers are t...

Hong Kong Customs seized about 10.5 million suspected illicit cigarettes with an estimated market value of about HK$29 million at a logistics site in Tuen Mun on Friday. Two 28-year-old men were arrested. The department said in a statement that offi...

Hong Kong on Friday reported a slight drop in the number of new coronavirus cases to 2,492, but authorities said the figure could rebound as a voluntary three-day self-test exercise begins. Officials said 1,227 of the new cases were confirmed via PC...

The government has refused to renew the licence of a concrete batching plant in Yau Tong, citing poor environmental performance. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) on Friday said multiple serious dust emission incidents had happened at t...

Former Chief Secretary John Lee has formally announced he will stand in the Chief Executive election, according to a press invitation for a news conference for 2.30pm on Saturday. The announcement comes after Xinhua announced that the State Council ...

Authorities on Friday detected 26 Covid infections after locking down two buildings in Tuen Mun and Kowloon Bay. Among them, 25 positive cases were found after 1,429 residents from Ting Hong House in On Ting Estate were tested, while there were 14 ...

People aged 60 and above can now walk into vaccination centres for a fourth dose of Covid vaccine, the government said on Friday. The announcement came a day after expert committees under the Centre for Health Protection recommended the move, noting...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday said Hong Kong could currently have up to 30,000 people infected with Covid but not showing symptoms, as she urged the public to take part in a voluntary three-day mass self-test exercise. At her daily Covid brie...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Friday confirmed that she had nominated someone to replace John Lee as chief secretary, saying the appointment is pending Beijing's approval. Lee tendered his resignation on Wednesday and announced his intention to run ...

Government vaccine adviser Lau Yu-lung said on Friday that he is against the idea of giving the whole population a fourth dose of Covid vaccine, saying this will not be necessary unless new variants emerge. Expert committees under the Centre for Hea...

The government has urged residents to report their coronavirus infections within 24 hours for follow-up as a voluntary three-day self-test exercise started on Friday. In full-page newspaper ads, the government appealed to citizens to test themselv...

National security police have charged two of six people arrested on Wednesday for alleged sedition under the Crimes Ordinance. National security police on Thursday laid holding charges against a man, 59, with one count of doing an act or acts with s...

Top developers have voiced support for John Lee's bid to become Hong Kong's next leader. CK Asset chairman Victor Li said in a statement that he will nominate Lee to run in the upcoming chief executive election, saying he's the right candidate to he...