The Law Society on Monday said it is looking into an allegation by national security police that a number of lawyers have committed professional misconduct. It said police made a complaint after looking into a case related to the now-defunct 612 Hum...

The Airport Authority on Monday said travellers will have to keep on paying the construction fee for the third runway project until at least 2033 – three years longer than originally planned. Officials explained at a Legco panel meeting that the C...

Police on Monday said a new platform for people to report suspected traffic offences has received more than 5,600 complaints in just over a month. The force began a trial run in April for people to submit videos or photos via WeChat of suspected vi...

A medical expert advising the government on Covid-19 on Monday sought to allay concern after a highly contagious subvariant of Omicron was discovered in Hong Kong, saying even if it causes any outbreaks, it’s unlikely to lead to serious illnesses o...

Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan on Sunday joined the World Health Organisation's annual World Health Assembly, saying she hopes to learn more about global public health issues including the fight against Covid-19. Chan is participating in ...

The government on Sunday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 48 locations across the SAR, including an exclusive private club in Central. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on ...

Former Chief Executive CY Leung on Sunday said there's a need to make patriotic groups stronger in universities and the media. He said even though Hong Kong now has the national security law and an improved electoral system, patriots can't simply t...

University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung on Sunday said he believes the risk of a monkeypox outbreak in the territory is relatively low, despite a growing number of cases in Europe, North America and elsewhere. The virus, which causes dis...

Health authorities on Sunday reported 237 new Covid-19 cases, as they continued to look into whether the BA.2.12.1 subvariant of Omicron has seeped further into the community. Officials said their tracing work showed that three people from the same...

Police said on Sunday that two men had been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking after officers found nearly 30 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden inside paper straws. During the operation, some ketamine and the date rape drug happy powder were als...

A concern group on Sunday complained that almost 900 public flats across the city are sitting empty when they could be used to house people with no place of their own. The group, an alliance focused on transitional homes policies, said it came up wi...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan has again urged people not to be "too pessimistic" over Hong Kong's future, despite the release last week of disappointing unemployment figures. In a blog post published on Sunday, Chan acknowledged that the city's lat...

Almost 90 percent of Hongkongers aged three and above have now had at least two Covid jabs and more than half of residents over 12 have also had a booster, the government said on Sunday. Civil Service Secretary Patrick Nip, who's in charge of the SA...

Labour minister Law Chi-kwong on Sunday said it's high time that Hong Kong introduces tougher penalties for employers who breach occupational safety laws, noting that it's been more than two decades since changes were made to the relevant legislation...

Health officials said on Sunday that no coronavirus cases were found during an overnight lockdown in Ap Lei Chau. They said 922 people were tested at Mei Ka Court in South Horizons during the exercise. Health officials visited 312 households withi...

The driver of a double-decker bus died in the early hours of Sunday after a collision with a single-decker tourist bus in Cheung Sha Wan, police said. The crash happened at about midnight on Saturday on Lai Po Road, leaving the 43-year-old driver tr...

The government on Saturday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 44 locations across the SAR. 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 te...

A building in Ap Lei Chau was locked down overnight on Saturday after a mutant coronavirus strain was detected. Health officials said they aim to finish the lockdown of Mei Ka Court in South Horizons by about noon on Sunday. Earlier, officials sai...

Health authorities on Saturday played down the possibility of a fresh outbreak at a secondary school in Southern District after a total of three students from the same class caught the coronavirus. The school reported two more Covid infections from...

Patients and other people visiting non-emergency public medical facilities, like specialist clinics under the Hospital Authority, will have to use the vaccine pass from June 13. The applicable premises also include district health centres, student h...