The sole contender in the upcoming Chief Executive election, John Lee, unveiled his policy platform on Friday, days before the 1,500-strong election committee votes on May 8. Revealing his manifesto to reporters and members of community organisation...

A green group said on Friday that recycling bins still have a role to play and should not be completely phased out. In its response to an Ombudsman investigation into the management and effectiveness of these bins, the Environmental Protection Depa...

Hong Kong people will get their first detailed look at John Lee's policy platform on Friday morning as the sole contender in next month's election for Chief Executive publishes his manifesto. Lee's campaign team says it will publish details of the m...

Police on Thursday said they had arrested two men on suspicion of posting online messages inciting people to assault top government officials. The force didn't reveal which officials the pair are accused of targeting, citing an ongoing investigation...

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 the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. ...

Authorities on Thursday found 14 Covid infections after locking down a building in Kwai Chung overnight. 1,472 residents of Hong Yam House in On Yam Estate were tested. Separately, two buildings in Tai Hang and Wong Tai Sin were sealed off for test...

The Legislative Council on Thursday approved the government’s plan to temporarily ban landlords from evicting or taking legal action against businesses that fall behind in their rental payments during the ongoing Covid outbreak. Authorities had t...

Hong Kong's new Covid cases dropped slightly to 413 on Thursday, including 24 infections that were imported. Of the latest cases, 206 were confirmed by PCR tests and 207 came from people who took self-tests. The Hospital Authority said another fiv...

West Kowloon Court on Thursday adjourned the national security case involving 47 former opposition figures until early June. The defendants are accused of conspiracy to commit subversion for organising or taking part in unofficial Legco primary poll...

The Office of The Ombudsman on Thursday called on the government to release operational data for recycling bins regularly, in order to enhance transparency of the facilities' effectiveness. The office launched an investigation into the three-colour ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam says Hong Kong will continue to guard against the importation of Covid-19 cases and avoid a resurgence of local infections, as it prepares to reopen its border with the mainland. In an article published on Thursday, Lam e...

The Transport Department said on Thursday that it will bring back a ticketing system for selected services at its licensing offices in a month's time, a day after the Audit Commission urged officials to relieve overcrowding in them. The announcemen...

One person injured in a fire at a Tsuen Wan construction site was in a critical condition on Thursday night, while a colleague who was also hurt in the incident was released from hospital. The two workers from the Drainage Services Department suffer...

The Fire Services Department said on Thursday that firefighters are battling a blaze at a construction site at Hoi Kok Street in Tsuen Wan. The fire broke out at 6.38am and was upgraded to a No. 3 alarm just before 7am. It said there was heavy smok...

A worker has died and another was injured after a bamboo scaffold they were constructing outside a Tai Po villa suddenly collpased, sending them plunging three metres to the ground. The Labour Department says it's investigating the case and ordered ...

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 the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19. ...

Chief Executive candidate John Lee is expected to announce his manifesto on Friday morning. Sources told RTHK on Wednesday that the policy platform will be released at a press conference at the Convention Centre at 11am. A deputy director of Lee'...

The government on Wednesday said it plans to change laws in the second half of this year to require airlines to send information on inbound travellers to the authorities before flight departures. In papers submitted to the legislature, the Security ...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Wednesday reported 430 new coronavirus cases – 83 more than the previous day. Among the new cases, 222 were confirmed by PCR tests and the rest were reported by people who took self-tests. Officials said ...

Veteran actor Kenneth Tsang died in a quarantine hotel on Wednesday after flying in from Singapore, RTHK has learnt. He was 87. Sources said Tsang tested negative for Covid-19 on Tuesday, but when health officials went to his room on Wednesday morn...