A think tank on Tuesday warned that private home supply could slow in the next six to 10 years unless the authorities can speed up efforts in finding land and implementing development projects. The Our Hong Kong Foundation forecast that annual priva...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools, Lin Chun-pong, has urged the government to consider reforming the education system in the wake of falling student and teacher numbers. A poll of 140 secondary schools by th...

A University of Hong Kong epidemiologist says people should not worry about clusters of Covid infections involving two bars in Central and there is no need for the authorities to shut down the city's nightlife. Benjamin Cowling's comments came after...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the government will not further relax social distancing measures for the time being, as the city’s Covid situation remains "stagnant". Authorities had planned to implement the final phase of the eas...

An operator of community vaccination centres says there has been an increase over the last two weeks in people coming in for third Covid-19 jabs. From today, most people aged 12 and above need three jabs to gain entry to many places, and to use the...

Authorities on Monday reminded operators of restaurants and other catering premises that they'll have to enforce tightened vaccine pass requirements from Tuesday, with most people now required to have had three Covid jabs. The Food and Environmenta...

The government on Monday said it had ordered compulsory testing for Covid-19 at 43 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's Jumbo Floating Restaurant is sailing away from Aberdeen harbour after more than four decades, its owner announced on Monday. Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises explained that the vessel's license is set to expire next month and that it is ...

Health officials said on Monday that it’s unclear whether two bars which have seen Covid outbreaks breached social distancing rules by hiring DJs to play live music or hosting hundreds of patrons on one night, but added that the authorities will lo...

An Academy for Performing Arts student was on Monday sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to rioting in 2019. The District Court heard that hundreds of protesters had gathered in Wong Tai Sin on August 5, 2019, and the defendant, ...

President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated John Lee on his appointment as Hong Kong's next chief executive, saying he believes the incoming administration will bring a new atmosphere to the SAR. The meeting in Beijing came hours after Lee received...

The Society for Community Organisation (SoCO) on Monday called on the government to raise the minimum wage by at least 33 percent to HK$50 or more per hour. The grassroots organisation said workers earning the current minimum wage level of HK$37.5 a...

Incoming chief executive John Lee on Monday received his official letter of appointment from Premier Li Keqiang. Lee flew to Beijing on Saturday for a four-day trip, three weeks after winning the CE leadership race as the sole contender. Lee was ...

A bar industry representative on Monday said she believes some bars might have arranged DJs to entertain their customers because the Covid ban on live performances was not clearly defined. Anthea Cheung, director of the Lan Kwai Fong Association, m...

The Travel Industry Council says agencies have received many inquiries about tours to Japan, since it was announced on Friday that the country would begin accepting groups of visitors from Hong Kong. Fanny Yeung, the council's executive director, s...

The government on Sunday 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...

Police said on Sunday that they had charged three men and a woman with murder over the death of a 46-year-old man on Friday. The suspects are aged between 20 and 37. They have been accused of killing the 46-year-old man in a flat on Portland Stre...

A youth services group on Sunday suggested the authorities to only regulate social media platforms if it plans to legislate against fake news. The government had said it’s currently looking into introducing new laws to tackle misinformation and d...

Health officials on Sunday reported a new cluster of Covid infections that centres on a second bar in Central – this time involving 11 people at the Iron Fairies bar on Hollywood Road. The new cluster emerged just a day after the Centre for Healt...

The government on Sunday announced that travellers who have recently recovered from Covid-19 but still test positive for the virus in PCR tests will be allowed to fly into Hong Kong. However, their rapid antigen test must come back negative within ...