The Democratic Party on Friday said its key members Lee Wing-tat and his wife, Chan Shu-ying, have quit. In a statement, it said the party's central committee has accepted their resignations, effective from May 27. Party chairman Lo Kin-hei said h...

The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) on Friday pledged to preserve the culture unique to the “Little Thailand” streets of Kowloon City, as it unveiled plans to redevelop the area to build more than 4,300 flats. The project will cover three sections...

Beijing's top adviser on the Basic Law says the One Country, Two Systems principle will have to be improved, but Hong Kong's constitutional order won't change before 2047. Shen Chunyao made the comments in a keynote speech at a legal conference on F...

The head of a group for small and medium-sized enterprises warned on Friday that proposed pay rises of up to 7 percent for civil servants risked putting pressure on the hard-hit private sector to match the increases or see staff walk away. Speaking ...

The government on Thursday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 46 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...

Polytechnic University researchers on Thursday said they have developed a portable Covid antibody test kit that lets people know when they should receive their next booster shot using saliva instead of blood. They explained people will need to place...

Health officials reported 251 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday and the deaths of two more coronavirus patients. Thirty-six of the new infections were classified as imported cases. The two patients who died were elderly care home residents aged 67 ...

The government says it is looking to expand non-smoking public areas in Hong Kong as the percentage of smokers drops to single digits for the first time. According to a survey by the Census and Statistics Department, 9.5 percent of the population a...

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce on Thursday appealed against the pay rises recommended for civil servants, saying they “do not reflect the current economic climate”. The government-appointed Pay Trend Survey Committee earlier suggeste...

Ombudsman Winnie Chiu on Thursday raised questions over a half-yearly survey done by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) on rodent infestations in Hong Kong, saying the results could be inaccurate and out of date. Currently, offici...

The Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, Liu Guangyuan, said Thursday that the constitutional order must be protected in order to preserve the rule of law in the SAR. Liu told an international rule of law forum, hosted by t...

Ombudsman Winnie Chiu on Thursday urged the Civil Aviation Department (CAD) to tighten regulations for paragliding and introduce real-name registration for the sport as it becomes more popular in Hong Kong. Chiu said an investigation by the watc...

DAB lawmaker Vincent Cheng says requiring real-name registration to buy concert tickets is a good start to combat ticket scalping, after the government on Wednesday announced the move for a series of concerts by popular boy-band MIRROR. The lawmaker ...

The government on Wednesday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 42 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 t...

Health officials on Wednesday reported 251 new Covid infections – 28 of which were imported. The Centre for Health Protection's Albert Au said another pupil at a kindergarten in Kowloon Tong has come down with the virus. Au said the pupil was in ...

Members of the government-appointed Pay Trend Survey Committee on Wednesday endorsed the proposed pay rises of up to 7.26 percent for civil servants, amid criticism that the figures were out of touch. The latest survey released last week recommended...

Some fans of popular boy band MIRROR will have to register with their real name to buy tickets for the upcoming concerts as the government introduces the new measure to curb ticket scalping. Tickets sold through the Leisure and Cultural Services De...

Researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University on Wednesday said around one in ten 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 c...

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...