The government on Thursday kickstarted the process of taking back some 1.1 hectares of land in Yuen Long and Fanling, with the aim of building some 1,660 subsidised flats at the sites. The plots in Yuen Long are at the junction of Yuen Lung Street ...

Legco on Thursday passed the government's bill to abolish the MPF offsetting mechanism after years of debate. The bill was supported by 72 members, while five voted against and 12 abstained. Officials expect the mechanism to be scrapped from 2025, ...

Outgoing Chief Executive Carrie Lam says her term of governance coincided with the most challenging time for Hong Kong since the handover, but she overcame the difficulties and handed in a report card with no regrets. Lam was speaking at her last q...

Rescuers on Thursday morning found the body of a woman who had gone missing during a hike in Bride's Pool in Tai Po the day before. The woman, said to be in her 50s, was declared dead at the scene. Police received a report from a man on Wednesday s...

An advocacy group for patient rights says it's no surprise that Shanghai's Fudan University has become the first mainland institution to have its medical degree recognised in Hong Kong. On Wednedsay, the government added another 23 institutions to ...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 46 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. ...

Former lawmaker Leung Yiu-chung on Wednesday was sentenced to two weeks in prison for disrupting a Legco meeting in 2019, after pleading guilty to violating the legislature's powers and privileges ordinance. The West Kowloon Court heard that Leung a...

Health authorities on Wednesday reported 558 new Covid infections, comprising 257 via PCR tests and 301 RAT-positive cases that have now been confirmed by laboratory tests. Sixty-three of the latest cases were imported. Meanwhile, the Centre for He...

Heavy downpours on Wednesday triggered a landslide in the popular hiking spot of Pak Tam Au in Sai Kung. The Fire Services Department said the landslide took place at around noon when the Red Rainstorm Warning Signal was in force. The incident co...

The ICAC on Wednesday charged a former staff at an English Schools Foundation (ESF) kindergarten for allegedly taking over HK$900,000 in bribes from parents for 13 children to be admitted to its K1 classes. Fatima Rumjahn, 52, is due to appear in Sh...

Chief Executive-elect John Lee has asked the High Court to spare him from punishment over his failure to submit copies of consent for election advertisements on time to the Electoral Affairs Commission. According to a writ filed by Lee on Tuesday, h...

More non-locally trained doctors will soon be allowed to practise in Hong Kong, as the government announced on Wednesday that it will recognise medical qualifications from 23 additional universities. Among the latest batch is Fudan University in Sh...

Legislators representing different sectors are split over a proposed change to the MPF offsetting mechanism. Under the bill, which is being debate in Legco on Wednesday, employers will no longer be able to use their mandatory contributions to worke...

Classes of all PM schools have been suspended after the Red Rainstorm Warning Signal was issued at 10:45am on Wednesday. All AM and whole-day schools which are in session, meanwhile, should continue until the end of school hours. The Hong Kong Ob...

A Hong Kong start-up has joined forces with Sino Group, the developer, to upcycle plastic waste into sustainable construction materials. The founder of EcoBricks, Shervin Sharghy, told RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme the firm recycles plastic into...

Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the death of renowned entrepreneur, Hu Fa-kuang. Dubbed Hong Kong's "elevator king", the founder of Ryoden Development passed away on Saturday at the age of 98. In a statement, La...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 49 places across Hong Kong, including seven restaurants. Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucle...

Qatar Airways has been banned from operating its route from Doha to Hong Kong under the latest flight suspension rules. The airline's flights were banned from Tuesday and will not be allowed to resume until Monday after one traveller on flight QR81...

A human resources consultancy has warned that Hong Kong is losing its appeal for overseas talent, after its annual study showed the city remains the most expensive in the world for expatriates to live in. ECA International said prices of a basket o...

Health officials on Tuesday announced changes to the way daily Covid figures are reported, with rapid antigen test (RAT) results no longer being counted until they're confirmed by PCR tests. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said the false posi...