Health authorities on Wednesday found 11 Covid cases from two overnight lockdowns in Sha Tin and Fanling. Eight of the infections were picked up at Shou Chuen House of Shui Chuen O Estate. The remaining three infections came from Cheung Fung House ...

The Consumer Council is urging the government to introduce restrictions on the levels of formamide found in children’s play mats, saying the toxic substance can be harmful to kids. This came after the watchdog tested 20 foam play mats available on...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday said that once social distancing measures are relaxed, people will be asked to take rapid Covid tests if they engage in activities with a higher transmission risk. Lam said she would announce details on Thursd...

The Consumer Council said on Wednesday it has so far received more than 240 complaints regarding online purchases of Covid-19 rapid test kits, with many people saying their orders had been severely delayed and that they had been denied refunds. Th...

Chief Executive hopeful John Lee on Wednesday submitted his nominations to run in next month's race for the top job. The former chief secretary said he's received support from 786 members of the 1,500-strong Election Committee, well above the 188 n...

The government on Wednesday said 470,000 people have applied for a $10,000 subsidy for those who've recently lost their jobs due to the Covid epidemic. Authorities had in February anticipated that there would be 300,000 applicants. The head of the...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 35 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. T...

The government announced on Tuesday that it will convert three hotels originally reserved for the isolation of Covid patients into ones that accommodate travellers. Royal Pacific Hotel, The Kowloon Hotel and Cordis will start accepting bookings fro...

Legco's Finance Committee on Tuesday approved HK$43 billion for the government's new round of employment support subsidies, with authorities saying they plan to start accepting applications later this month. The relaunched scheme aims to help emplo...

Former chief secretary John Lee announced he will submit his candidacy for the upcoming Chief Executive election on Wednesday, saying he has secured nominations from almost half of the Election Committee (EC) that will select Hong Kong's next leader....

Hong Kong added 1,433 new locally transmitted Covid infections on Tuesday, 26 cases more than the previous day. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said 735 of the infections were confirmed via PCR tests and 698 were reported by people taking rap...

Two more people were on Tuesday charged by the ICAC for obtaining fake Covid vaccine records.    A construction worker, 67, and a foreign domestic helper, 37, came from the same household in which two other family members were also earlier charged ...

Health authorities said on Tuesday that they are investigating a report of a primary school pupil being given an empty syringe instead of the Covid vaccine. The Department of Health said a student nurse who administered the shot was from an outreac...

The Foreign Ministry's office in Hong Kong on Tuesday strongly condemned foreign criticism of a sedition-related arrest by national security police the day before. A spokesman for the Commissioner’s Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hon...

A 23-year-old man who took part in an anti-government protest in 2019 was on Tuesday sentenced to three years and six months in prison.   The District Court heard that Kwok Ka-fai and eight others joined a protest on August 11, 2019 in Tsim Sha Tsui...

Researchers at Polytechnic University said on Tuesday that they had developed a new portable device offering a faster and more convenient way of testing for Covid-19 than traditional PCR tests in laboratories. Using gold nanoparticle and RT-LAMP te...

Health authorities on Tuesday found 24 Covid infections after locking down two buildings in Kwai Chung and Tin Shui Wai. Sixteen of the cases were from Hei Lai House of Wah Lai Estate. The other eight were picked up at Shui Fung House of Tin Shui ...

Chief Executive hopeful John Lee said on Tuesday that enacting Article 23 of the Basic Law to introduce Hong Kong’s own national security legislation will be a priority if he’s elected, but stressed that it will not be his only focus. The bill ...

Undersecretary for education Christine Choi on Tuesday dismissed concerns that there will be a labelling effect on unvaccinated students who can't take part in extracurricular activities, saying they can still attend regular lessons. Face-to-face cl...

The government on Monday issued compulsory testing notices for 30 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. Th...