The government locked down the Sai Wan Estate in Kennedy Town on Thursday afternoon for overnight testing. The "restriction-testing declaration" covered all five blocks of the estate and was expected to finish by 10am on Friday. Earlier in the da...

Beijing on Thursday expressed strong dissatisfaction with criticism made by western countries about arrests made over a now-defunct fund that raised money for the legal and medical fees of protesters, as sources said a fifth person has been arrested....

One of 12 Hong Kong people held by the mainland coastguard two years ago for crossing the border illegally has been given 20 months in prison here after pleading guilty to making explosives during the 2019 social unrest. The District Court heard th...

The Bar Association on Thursday condemned a call by a group of US congressmen for Washington to impose sanctions on national security judges and prosecutors in Hong Kong, saying it deplores any attempts to interfere with the SAR's judiciary. Seven R...

A basketball coach on Thursday questioned the effectiveness of the government's latest measures against sport venue touting, saying they don't get to the root of the problem. From May 16, people can make bookings online 15 minutes earlier than those...

The government's top IT official said on Thursday that there was a technical glitch with the updated version of the LeaveHomeSafe app in part because officials didn’t conduct beta testing before making it available. For some Android or Huawei pho...

A meteorological expert has cautioned against announcing school closures too early, saying that it was difficult to predict the severity of rainstorms too far in advance. Showers and thunderstorms continue to affect Hong Kong, although it escaped th...

A professor of geriatric medicine on Thursday questioned how long Beijing will be able to carry on with what she described as "draconian" measures to tackle Covid outbreaks. Jean Woo from the Chinese University's Faculty of Medicine was speaking on ...

Researchers from the University of Hong Kong say they have made a significant discovery of fossils dating back millions of years to the Devonian, Permian and Jurassic periods. They say the finds in Plover Cove, Sai Kung and Centre Island involve amm...

The government has proposed to use a new hiring system for some directorate-level posts, instead of relying on internal promotion. In a paper submitted to Legco, the Civil Service Bureau explained that some directorate positions require foresight, ...

Sources said on Wednesday that Hong Kong national security police have arrested four people, including 90-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen and singer Denise Ho, in connection with a now-defunct fund that raised money for the legal and medical fees of ant...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 20 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. ...

Health authorities on Wednesday reported 280 new Covid cases – 32 of them imported. Three of the new local patients are customers of a restaurant in Yuen Long where a cluster has grown to 23 infections. "From our understanding so far, it appear...

The government says more measures will be put in place to stamp out suspected profiteering in the booking of recreation and sports venues, starting from next Monday. Under new arrangements announced by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (...

The observatory said on Wednesday that a trough of low pressure lingering over the coast of Southern China will continue to affect the city's weather in the next few days, bringing occasional heavy showers and thunderstorms on Thursday and Friday. ...

IT officials on Wednesday apologised after an update to the LeaveHomeSafe app the day before led to the vaccine pass QR code of some Google and Huawei phone users being deleted. The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) blamed ...

A mini-storage industry representative on Wednesday rejected a coroner’s suggestion for the government to introduce a licensing system for operators, saying the existing safety mechanism is already adequate. Coroner Philip Wong made the proposal ...

Taxi driver representatives on Wednesday expressed worries that a “mild” increase in flagfall charges may hurt their income instead of helping them. The Executive Council had approved the increase of flagfall charges by HK$3, but taxi drivers s...

A business representative on Wednesday said he fears it could be anything from a few weeks to a few years before quarantine-free travel between Hong Kong and the mainland resumes. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme, Danny Lau, the honorar...

The coroner's court on Tuesday ruled that two firemen had died by misadventure during an inferno at a self storage facility in Kowloon Bay in June 2016. Wrapping up the 65-day inquest, Deputy Coroner Philip Wong said the senior firemen, Thomas Cheun...