A High Court judge on Monday told the prosecution to amend the murder charge against two defendants over the death of a cleaner in Sheung Shui during the social unrest of 2019. After considering the evidence presented by the prosecution, Judge Esthe...

The government announced on Monday that all current social distancing curbs will stay in place until at least July 13. These measures include a requirement for rapid tests for bar and club customers and a ban on public gatherings of more than four ...

Hong Kong’s sole deputy to the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, Tam Yiu-chung, says he hopes President Xi Jinping will give instructions on Hong Kong’s future development when he attends the handover anniversary ceremony on July 1...

The owner of the Jumbo Floating Restaurant says it will not be receiving any insurance pay out after the restaurant capsized last Sunday, less than a week after being towed away from Aberdeen Harbour and into the South China Sea. In a statement rel...

Prominent virologist Malik Peiris says Hong Kong can consider immediately dropping mandatory Covid quarantine for incoming travellers because they don't pose a high risk. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme, the University of Hong Kong pro...

Police say they are ditching the old uniforms of the force's three counter-terrorism units, with officers being given a new one that's more practical, offers better protection and can meet operational needs. Currently, elite officers from the airpor...

The government on Sunday issued compulsory testing notices for 26 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...

National security police said on Sunday that they had detained two men for allegedly publishing seditious messages. The men, aged 31 and 53, were arrested in Cheung Sha Wan and Chai Wan. The force also said officers seized some electronic communic...

Health officials on Sunday reported 1,917 new Covid cases, of which 118 were imported. The Centre for Health Protection's Chuang Shuk-kwan was asked if Hong Kong would soon be seeing 2,000 new cases a day. "Now there is a slow increasing trend in ...

Customs authorities in Hong Kong and Macau have seized more than HK$110 million worth of smuggled goods and cash, after officers intercepted two river trade vessels in waters between the two special administrative regions. Four men, aged between 40...

A grassroots organisation on Sunday renewed its call for the government to regulate initial rent levels for subdivided flats, saying the rent control imposed in January is not enough to protect tenants. At a press conference, the Society for Commun...

An inquest is to be held into the death from suspected renal failure of a 37-year-old remand prisoner at the Tai Lam Centre for Women. The Correctional Services Department said she had been receiving treatment for an ongoing kidney problem both at t...

Former Chief Executive CY Leung said on Sunday that Hong Kong isn't a political city but an economic one, and the SAR was never "a show flat" for western-style democracy for the country. He said this was the original plan for the SAR when the Basic...

A former Hong Kong delegate to the country's top legislature, Rita Fan, said on Sunday that the 50 years unchanged clause under the One Country, Two Systems principle will continue "for sure", unless it's not implemented well. Article five of the B...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 24 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. ...

Members of the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) on Saturday voted to lower the threshold for them to disband the organisation. Only 50 percent of members with voting rights will have to vote in favour, instead of five-sixths. The HKJA has ar...

Health authorities on Saturday reported 1,794 new Covid-19 infections, including 114 imported infections. There were no new Covid-related deaths. With case numbers rising by 73 from Friday, the Centre for Health Protections’s Chuang Shuk-kwan s...

The outgoing Justice Secretary, Teresa Cheng, says she has served Hong Kong "without fear or favour" and has felt Beijng's care for her over the past four years. In a blog post published on Saturday, Ms Cheng looked back on her four years in office...

The Hospital Authority said on Saturday it may turn individual hospitals into Covid-19 treatment facilities again if the number of cases continues to rise. A top HA official, Lau Ka-kin, told an RTHK programme that if, for example, half of a hospit...

Former finance chief Frederick Ma said on Saturday that the SAR could open its international border before opening up with the mainland, to preserve its status as an international financial hub. Speaking on a radio programme, he said strict quarant...