Representatives of nightlife businesses have called on the government to let them reopen as soon as possible, saying it’s unfair for them to be left out of the current move to relax social distancing measures. Bars, pubs, karaoke lounges and mahjo...

The government on Thursday locked down two residential blocks in Diamond Hill and Sha Tin, citing a range of factors such as sewage samples there testing positive for Covid-19. Residents and recent visitors to Block One of Bel Air Heights and Ching ...

Authorities say at least six students will be taking their university entrance exam in a quarantine camp, and special arrangements will be put in place to facilitate the process. Four of them are infected with Covid and two are being observed, acco...

There were expressions of joy from worshippers as well as visitors to amusement parks on Thursday as Ocean Park, Disneyland and temples began welcoming crowds again. People started streaming into Wong Tai Sin Temple as it reopened its doors at 7:30...

The hospitality sector on Thursday welcomed the relaxation of social distancing rules, saying it will hopefully finally improve their income. Eateries can now provide dine-in service from 6pm-10pm for the first time since the Omicron outbreak began...

Businesses shuttered during the fifth wave of the pandemic have been preparing to reopen on Thursday, since they were forced to close from January. Venues such as gyms cinemas and beauty parlours will still have to observe rules, such as mask-wearin...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 40 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for more than two hours since April 6 must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19 on Thursday o...

Prenetics, a company providing Covid tests in Hong Kong, on Wednesday apologised for failing to send results to almost 500 people, including 25 who tested positive. The firm said the incident involved people who returned deep throat saliva samples ...

Health officials said on Wednesday that Hong Kong’s Covid situation has entered “a stable level” in recent days as they reported 668 new cases for the day. Among the new infections, 13 were imported. "So far, we do not see an obvious trend ...

Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Secretary Erick Tsang on Wednesday downplayed the record low turnout of 30.2 percent in the Legislative Council elections in December last year. At a virtual Legco meeting, lawmaker Tik Chi-yuen asked Tsang what ...

Chief Executive candidate John Lee on Wednesday denounced a move by US internet giant Google to shut down his campaign channel on YouTube. His campaign team was told by Google, YouTube's parent company, that the channel was terminated in accordance...

Former People Power vice-chairman Tam Tak-chi was on Wednesday given a 40-month prison sentence after he was found guilty of seven counts of sedition. He was the first person to stand trial and be convicted under a colonial-era sedition law since t...

The government on Wednesday proposed doubling the plastic bag levy to HK$1, and a bill is expected to be tabled to Legco as early as the end of this quarter.  Last week, government advisers suggested raising the levy from the current HK$0.50 to HK$...

The government says it is extending the opening hours of four community vaccination centres designated for children on weekends and public holiday. The four vaccination centres at Gleneagles Hospital Hong Kong, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Yuen C...

A leading microbiologist, Ho Pak-leung, said on Wednesday that he expects schoolchildren to eventually account for one in ten Covid-19 infections in Hong Kong, after the full resumption of in-person classes next month. When some primary schools reo...

The government said some 200,000 people had registered in a new system as recovered Covid patients as of 5pm on Wednesday. Under the system that was launched on Tuesday, they’d be provided with a QR code that can be used instead of a vaccine pass...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 40 places across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for more than two hours since April 6 must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19 on Wednesday or...

A man and a woman were given suspended jail sentences on Tuesday, as they became the first people to be convicted of inciting others to cast blank ballots in elections. Chan Kin-man, 36, and Alice Leung, 65, earlier pleaded guilty to reposting a so...

Police said they have taken three people into custody on suspicion of submitting fake positive rapid Covid-19 test results to the government’s online platform, in the first such arrests of their kind. Officers on Tuesday accused one man and two wo...

Researchers at City University said on Tuesday they have designed a “negative pressure” shield that can reduce the risk of cross-infection at elderly care homes. They said the shield, shaped like a house and used to cover the upper part of a be...