The District Court on Saturday convicted 11 people of rioting in Wan Chai on October 6, 2019 – the day protests were held to oppose the government's anti-mask law. The court heard that crowds were marching on Hennessy Road on the day and obstruct...

The Hospital Authority (HA) on Saturday said the first batch of a new Covid prevention drug has arrived in Hong Kong and they will be given to immunocompromised patients, such as those who have had organ transplants. The monoclonal antibody drug Ev...

The Travel Industry Council has welcomed the government's easing of the flight suspension mechanism, but said people will still refrain from travelling in or out of Hong Kong, as long as hotel quarantine is required when they reach the SAR. From Ma...

The government on Friday 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 from April 9 to April 22 must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19 on Sa...

The High Court on Friday ordered the police to reconsider whether a foreign domestic helper who had been sexually assaulted by her employer after recruiting her is a victim of trafficking and forced labour. In ruling in favour of the 44-year-old Fil...

The government said on Friday that non-Hong Kong residents will be allowed to fly into the city from overseas once again from May 1, and it will also relax rules that lead to flight suspensions. The administration said in a statement that the rules ...

The number of new Covid cases in Hong Kong has continued to edge down, with the authorities on Friday reporting 574 infections – around 50 fewer than the previous day. Albert Au from the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said he is happy to see t...

Inflation has gathered pace according to new official figures, with overall consumer prices rising 1.7 percent year-on-year in March, with the cost of basic food items such as fresh vegetables seeing the most significant increases. The first two mo...

Police have arrested 41 people, including secondary school and university students, for allegedly trafficking or possessing cannabis. The haul is worth more than HK$1.96 million. The suspects, aged 18 to 54, also include professionals like accounta...

Transport officials on Friday wouldn't disclose how much money the MTR has been given to compensate it for losses due to the suspension of high-speed rail services to the mainland. Cross-border express trains from the West Kowloon terminus have bee...

A Wan Chai restaurant which hosted a controversial Covid-hit birthday party attended by government officials and lawmakers has been fined HK$6,000 after admitting violating infection control rules. A representative of Reserva Iberica pleaded guilty ...

A group of swimming coaches on Friday urged the authorities to reopen pools as soon as possible, saying the prolonged closures may affect the grooming of future elite swimmers. Speaking at a press conference, Ng Yuk-kong, a committee member of the H...

Long lines of students formed outside schools on Friday morning as they were hustled to comply with special anti-Covid measures put in place for this year’s university entrance exams. On the first day of the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) ex...

DAB lawmaker Frankie Ngan on Friday cast doubt on a new policy against scalping in relation to public sports facilities, saying it could even make the problem worse. Under new rules that will come into force on May 1, a person who books a governmen...

Police on Thursday arrested a 60-year-old man on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death over a traffic accident in Sai Wan Ho that left one man dead and another man injured. The crash happened at around 4:30pm when a seven-seater reportedly lo...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 40 blocks across Hong Kong. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for more than two hours since April 8 must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19 on Friday or...

Unemployment in Hong Kong has risen to its highest level in nine months, official data showed on Thursday. The city's jobless rate climbed to five percent in March, up from 4.5 percent the month before. Underemployment also edged up, by 0.8 perce...

The SAR government and Foreign Ministry have denounced a move by Google to shut down chief executive candidate John Lee's campaign channel on YouTube. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin on Thursday accused Google, the parent company of YouTube, ...

The Centre for Health Protection on Thursday reported 628 new Covid infections – down 40 cases from the previous day. Officials said 317 of the new infections were confirmed in laboratories and the rest were reported by people who took rapid tests...

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...