Legislators said on Tuesday that they back the government's plan to ban CBD products, under which the manufacture, import, export, sale and possession of such items would be illegal. CBD is a chemical derived from cannabis plants which is used in va...

The snack food franchise, Aji Ichiban, confirmed on Tuesday that it had closed up shop. A company spokesman said its last four branches were shut on Monday night, citing a drop in business as the tourism industry was badly hit by the pandemic. The ...

The Executive Council on Tuesday approved an application by Hong Kong Tramways for a fare increase – the first since July 2018. Adult fares will climb from HK$2.60 to HK$3.00. Fares for those under 12 will rise from HK$1.30 to HK$1.50, while eld...

Two footballers and three staff members from the Hong Kong team participating in AFC Asian Cup qualifiers in India have come down with Covid-19. Hong Kong is scheduled to play Afghanistan on Wednesday evening. The Hong Kong Football Association ...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday all social distancing measures, including border control restrictions, will remain unchanged until her term ends at the end of this month after a recent rise in Covid infections. And following an increase i...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam warned on Tuesday that underground radicals or lone wolves might be lurking around and plotting to disrupt Hong Kong, even though the city’s political situation appears to be stable. She made the remark after being aske...

Police said they will launch a counter-terrorism reporting hotline from Wednesday to encourage members of the public to provide intelligence on terrorism or violence-related crimes. The force said the “Counter-terrorism (CT) Reporting Hotline 63-...

The government on Monday said it had completed a mass Covid-19 testing exercise involving 18,900 residents of care homes and nursing homes for the elderly, with no new cases found. Officials said the exercise was launched early last month, reflectin...

The government on Monday issued compulsory testing notices for 41 places across Hong Kong, including an international boarding school. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified mu...

Health officials on Monday ordered the partial suspension of two schools that were hit by Covid-19 infections. The Centre for Health Protection's Chuang Shuk-kwan said they were among 147 schools that reported a total of 204 cases. "Each school may...

Education Secretary Kevin Yeung on Monday said that the city's schools must make sure they don't have any books that could violate the national security law. Yeung made the comment after a local newspaper reported that some school libraries have pul...

Hong Kong's fifth wave of Covid infections took a toll on relationships between children and their parents, a survey suggests. The Jockey Club said it conducted a survey in May of 700 people with children of kindergarten age, finding that 85 percent...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Monday said the government has no plans to review the Hong Kong dollar's peg to the greenback, saying it's crucial to maintaining international confidence in doing business in the SAR. Questions have been raised as t...

Chief Executive-elect John Lee on Monday said there are four key areas when it comes to strengthening the quality and level of governance. In a commentary published in the Wen Wei Po newspaper, Lee said his 35 years of experience working in the pol...

The government on Sunday issued compulsory testing notices for 43 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...

Police on Sunday jointly charged a 33-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman with one count of murder. Police arrested the pair on Friday following the death of a one-year-old girl in Pat Heung. The case will be mentioned at Fanling Magistrates’ ...

Health authorities said they'd noted an increase in Covid-19 infections in Hong Kong in recent days which were linked to eased social distancing measures as they reported 515 new cases on Sunday. Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Centre for Health Protectio...

A technical glitch disrupted internet banking and ATM withdrawals for customers of HSBC and its sister bank, Hang Seng, for about two hours on Sunday. "We're sorry, this service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later," a message on HSBC'...

A leading member of Beijing's top think tank on Hong Kong said on Sunday he believes the SAR requires officials who have a security-related background or experience to govern the territory in the next decade. The vice-president of the Chinese Associ...

A green group on Sunday has urged businesses to shoulder most of the responsibility to tackle plastic pollution in Hong Kong. The Green Earth made the call on World Environment Day, a day set by the United Nations for encouraging worldwide awarenes...