Hong Kong shares finished with losses on Thursday as global markets went into retreat on recession fears with central banks pushing interest rates higher to stem a surge in inflation. The Hang Seng Index dropped 1 percent, or 212 points, to 21,082. ...

The High Court on Thursday found self-exiled former lawmaker Ted Hui guilty of four counts of contempt of court. Hui left Hong Kong for Denmark in 2020 while he was on bail facing multiple protest-related charges, saying he would be visiting lawmak...

Government officials have urged foreign domestic helpers (FDH) not to go out on their day off, warning that the authorities will be enforcing social distancing rules over the Dragon Boat holiday period. The Labour Department said joint operations wi...

The Legislative Council on Thursday passed a motion urging the government to reform the civil service system to boost effectiveness, with some lawmakers calling for a new way to measure civil servants’ performance. Lawmaker Connie Lam expressed di...

An infectious disease expert on Thursday called on the government to stop recognising rapid test results, after the city saw a jump in cases reported through its self-test results system. Wilson Lam from the Hong Kong Society for Infectious Diseas...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 47 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 officials on Wednesday said they are drawing up a response plan on monkeypox in case there's an outbreak in Hong Kong. Doctors will also have to report all suspected or confirmed cases to the Department of Health, officials said. "In order ...

A champion for the rights of children, special needs education and marginalised communities in Hong Kong has died. Longtime social service volunteer and philanthropist Anne Marden was 96. Born in Shanghai in 1926, she came to Hong Kong as a young ...

The West Kowloon Court on Wednesday sent 17 defendants in the national security case over the Legislative Council primary polls to the High Court for trial. They're among 47 people accused of conspiracy to commit subversion. The authorities alleg...

Health officials have urged people not to report past infections to try to get an exemption from the government's vaccine pass scheme, as Hong Kong saw a surprise jump in new Covid cases on Wednesday, to 505. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) ...

Former deputy police commissioner, Kwok Yam-shu, was on Wednesday named the head of the Civil Service College. He will take office on July 5. Kwok, 57, retired in April after serving in the police force for 31 years. In a statement, the government...

New legislation regulating the use of drones came into effect on Wednesday, with many pilots now required to register their identity and their equipment with the authorities. Under the new law, drones are divided into three categories according to t...

Authorities said on Wednesday that tax revenue in the 2021/2022 financial year rose to a record HK$378.5 billion – 14 percent more than the year before. Inland Revenue officials said this was mainly due to a 23 percent increase in profit tax reve...

An infectious diseases expert on Wednesday sought to allay concerns over Hong Kong's stagnant Covid situation, saying it’s “not a bad thing” that infection figures are not dropping further. The daily Covid tally has remained at around 300 for...

The chairman of the Hong Kong Musicians Union says performers are "deeply disappointed" about the ongoing ban on live music in bars. Yesterday, the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, indicated that certain anti-epidemic restrictions may remain for the ti...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 41 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. T...

Chief Executive-elect John Lee said on Tuesday the incoming government will maintain Hong Kong's current electoral system for a long period of time. He made the remark in response to a question about electoral reform after returning from Beijing, wh...

Health authorities said on Tuesday that it would not be a problem if they could not trace the infection sources of growing clusters centred around two bars in Central, after 14 additional cases linked to the outbreaks were recorded. Four more custom...

Getting your hands on a ticket to see the popular boy band MIRROR was never easy – and fans said they aren't sure whether the government's efforts to prevent scalping have made things any better. Tickets went on sale on Tuesday for 12 concerts at ...

The University of Hong Kong's medical school is recruiting 1,800 volunteers to take part in the trial of a new generation of Covid-19 vaccine that targets the Omicron variant. Researchers say if everything goes smoothly, the jab – manufactured by ...