Police said on Saturday they had arrested a couple on suspicion of murdering their 14-month-old daughter. They said the baby, who had suffered neck injuries, had been dead for between one and three days when officers found her body at a village hous...

Chief Executive-elect John Lee has warned that many hurdles must be overcome before Hong Kong’s border with the mainland can be reopened, and easing restrictions shouldn’t come at the expense of the mainland’s own anti-epidemic efforts. In an...

The head of the Paediatric Society, Patrick Ip, on Saturday called on kindergartens to take measures to minimise the risk of Covid transmission, saying it is hard for younger children to wear masks during naps. His comment came after officials repor...

Police kept a heavy presence in and around Victoria Park on Saturday morning, after authorities closed off sections of the park to prevent unauthorised assemblies on the 33rd anniversary of June 4. Groups of officers stood by in the area, with some ...

The government on Friday 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. Th...

The government announced on Friday that it will be sealing off the main parts of Victoria Park, where people gathered for the annual June 4 vigil before the pandemic hit. "In view of the Police's observation that some people are using different cha...

Police on Friday said they had arrested a 59-year-old man for allegedly inciting others to inflict grievous bodily harm upon others. Investigators said they had made the arrest after probing social media posts which encouraged people to kill police...

Health authorities on Friday said there had been a Covid outbreak at another nightclub in Central. Fourteen people who visited Shuffle in Lan Kwai Fong on Saturday have since contracted the coronavirus. They are aged between 21 and 32. One of t...

The drumbeats of dragon boat racing and cheering crowds returned to Tai O and Stanley on Friday after a two-year pause. The Tuen Ng Festival tradition had been suspended due to the pandemic but this year organisers decided to bring back the races, ...

The government on Friday launched a pilot project that will let local tours use Sha Tau Kok Pier, which is located within the frontier closed area and was previously closed to the public. The pier will be open to local tours during weekends and pub...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 45 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. ...

Towngas says it plans to raise its basic tariff by 4.4 percent to 27.2 cents per megajoule starting from August 1. In a government paper submitted to the Legislative Council, the company was quoted as saying that about 70 percent of its residential ...

Health officials on Thursday warned of a possible rebound in Covid-19 infections as it reported 489 cases for the day – 65 of which were imported. Around two thirds of the latest infections were confirmed through self-reported RAT tests, and the ...

Police have warned the public not to test their determination to enforce the law on June 4, adding that even going alone to Victoria Park could end in an arrest for unlawful assembly, if someone is deemed to be there with a common purpose to express ...

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 ...