Researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Wednesday said one in eight people in the city suffered from an anxiety disorder triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. They surveyed more than 3,000 residents during the fourth wave of the corona...

The financial services chief, Christopher Hui, on Wednesday said the government is studying how to regulate online fundraising campaigns, adding it expects to publish a public consultation paper later this year. At a Legco meeting, Federation of Tra...

Police said on Wednesday that a new fleet of armoured vehicles, manufactured on the mainland, is expected to officially come into operation next month. The force said the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department has already tested the fourth-g...

MTR says what its staff believed to be a "technical glitch" detected on a East Rail train on Tuesday morning rush hour turned out to be a false alarm. The rail firm said the train was about to turn around in Admiralty and head to Sheung Shui when t...

An infectious diseases expert on Wednesday said small clusters of Covid infections – like the one linked to a McDonald’s restaurant – are expected and shouldn't have a big impact on the city’s overall pandemic situation. Ho Pak-leung make t...

The government on Tuesday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 40 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 tes...

Police said on Tuesday they have arrested two men and a woman after finding what they believe to be components that could be used to make explosives in a flat in a Wong Tai Sin public housing estate. Investigators said the three suspects, aged betw...

Hong Kong on Tuesday recorded 250 new Covid-19 infections – 34 of which were imported cases. The Centre of Health Protection (CHP) also revealed that three more customers of a McDonald's restaurant in Taikoo Shing have been infected with Covid-19...

The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong on Tuesday said it would not hold masses to mark the June 4 anniversary this year. Responding to a media enquiry, the church expressed concerns such an event may breach the national security law. “Since frontline...

The co-founder of the Occupy movement Benny Tai was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 months in prison after pleading guilty to illegally promoting his strategic voting scheme for the 2016 Legco polls in newspapers. He illegally incurred HK$253,000 in ele...

Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other people have pleaded not guilty to failing to register a now-defunct fund set up to pay legal and medical fees of anti-government protesters and are to be put on trial in September. The case against Zen, former legi...

A boy breaks a toy in a shop and his parents pay for it. It ought to have been as simple as that. Only the shattering events that took place at Langham Place in Mong Kok on Sunday evening have proved to be a lot more complicated. Photos circulating...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday said there is unlikely to be any relaxation to Hong Kong's pandemic border control measures before she completes her term at the end of June. Lam said imported infections now account for a significant share of t...

An expert in elderly care has urged the government to provide more support to help care homes upgrade their facilities and improve staffing levels. Vera Tang, deputy director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies at Lingnan University, says...

Police said they're investigating a fatal traffic accident in Yau Ma Tei on Monday evening in which a 67-year-old woman died. They said that at about 6.01pm, a taxi driven by a 61-year-old man was traveling along Ferry Street towards Hung Hom, and r...

The government on Monday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 40 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 test...

Hong Kong health officials reported 190 new Covid cases on Monday, including 28 that were imported. Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Centre for Health Protection said although the daily caseload has fallen below the 200 mark, she expects numbers will conti...

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...