The Hong Kong College of Physicians cautioned on Sunday that another wave of Covid infections could prove as deadly as the current Omicron-driven outbreak for people over 60, if vaccine uptake in this age group is still low at the time. The group's ...

A government vaccine adviser, Ivan Hung, said on Sunday that the authorities can consider bringing forward the next relaxation of social distancing measures, because much of the population has already acquired natural immunity against Covid-19. Chi...

Officials say three infected people have been found after Covid tests on almost 900 residents of two housing blocks in Diamond Hill. The checks were ordered on Saturday after the virus was found in sewage samples from blocks 2 and 3 of Bel Air Heigh...

Chief Executive candidate John Lee on Sunday said he is aiming to complete his election platform within the coming week, and he will be meeting with various sectors to explain his policy priorities. Lee — the sole candidate in the May 8 election â...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday warned that it might take some time for the city's jobless rate to go down again, after unemployment climbed to its highest level in nine months. The latest unemployment figure rose to 5 percent in the perio...

Chief executive election candidate John Lee on Sunday visited two grassroots families living in subdivided flats in Yau Ma Tei, saying he is aware of the Hong Kong people's keen demand for housing. Lee said the residents told him their living condit...

Former security chief Lai Tung-kwok on Sunday called for the introduction of a new post of "national security education commissioner", warning that the public don't know enough about the issue and that Hong Kong's once-a-year National Security Educat...

Police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of arson and possessing offensive weapons after a fire in a Sha Tin housing block that put several people in hospital. The force said it received a report at 2.26am on Sunday of a fire in a unit on th...

Police on Sunday said they had opened a murder investigation after the death of a 19-month-old girl in North Point. Officers said at around 9.30pm on Saturday they received a report that the girl and a woman had collapsed inside a flat on King's Roa...

The government on Saturday 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 17 to 23 must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19 on Sunda...

Officials on Saturday locked down two residential blocks in Diamond Hill for overnight testing. The "restriction-testing declaration" on Blocks Two and Three of Bel Air Heights took effect at 4 pm and was expected to finish at around 1 pm the next ...

Health authorities on Saturday reported 523 new Covid-19 infections, down by about 50 cases from the day before. About half of the cases were identified through rapid antigen tests, while the rest were confirmed by laboratories. Officials said th...

Hand sanitiser, water, extra face masks, and excitement – were what some travellers packed for the first local sightseeing trips in as many months. "We're happy as we haven't been out for a long time. We've been trapped since the Lunar New Year, ...

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...