Lawmakers on Thursday held a six-hour debate about implementing the instructions President Xi Jinping gave in an address during his visit to Hong Kong earlier this month. DAB lawmaker Starry Lee, who moved the motion to discuss the speech, said she ...

Baptist University researchers on Thursday said they have discovered three previously-unidentified coral species in the eastern waters of Hong Kong, including one that could be exclusive to the SAR. The three new sun coral species – which the res...

The government on Thursday said it has put on hold its policy of banning flights to Hong Kong if an airline brings in Covid-positive passengers or those who breach anti-epidemic regulations. Bans already imposed under the flight suspension mechanis...

The Labour Department on Thursday launched an investigation into an industrial accident after a worker was believed to have fallen to his death from a building in Mid-Levels. The police said they received a report at around 8:20am that the man, 57,...

A top Transport Department official said on Thursday that authorities are learning from experience on the mainland and overseas as they launch a pilot scheme reminding pedestrians who have their eyes glued to their phones of the current traffic signa...

The police have arrested a man on suspicion of arson after a double-decker bus caught fire on Thursday morning on the artificial island that houses the boundary crossing facilities for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge. A force spokesman said they r...

The head of a child development NGO said on Thursday that a government scheme aimed at tackling intergenerational poverty needed to take a sustainable approach and must not be a one-off. Speaking to RTHK, Amy Chan from the Child Development Initiat...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 68 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. ...

CLP said on Wednesday there were "no obvious signs" of foul play in a fire that swept through a power cable bridge in Yuen Long last month that led to a blackout in the area. In a detailed report to the government, the power firm said the cause of t...

Civil service groups have called for pay talks with Chief Executive John Lee, saying they're disappointed with the proposed 2.5 percent increase for all staff. After a meeting between union groups and civil service chief Ingrid Yeung on Wednesday, a...

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) on Wednesday ordered a distributor to dispose of around 200 kilograms of mangoes from Taiwan after the surface of one sample tested positive for Covid-19. Local authorities carried out the testing after samples of m...

Health officials on Wednesday said they are concerned that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong is getting worse, warning that hospital services might have to be adjusted if things deteriorate further. The Hospital Authority said the number of Covid...

Doctors at the Grantham Hospital have issued an emergency appeal for a lung donation to save the life of a 32-year-old woman, who’s suffering from a critical heart and lung condition. Lulu Ng’s attending physician, Dr Michael Wong, said the pat...

Railway unionists on Wednesday said they are not satisfied with pay rises the MTR Corporation is planning to give staff, complaining they fail to catch up with inflation accumulated in the past two years when salaries were frozen. The corporation ha...

The government on Wednesday said it won't rule out the idea of setting up a "wealth fund" modeled on the Singapore government's Temasek, to invest in projects linked to the Greater Bay Area and the Northern Metropolis. The idea came from New People...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Wednesday that his administration will set up four working groups to tackle key problems in Hong Kong. Speaking at his first Legislative Council question-and-answer session, Lee told lawmakers that his style of gove...

Hong Kong leader John Lee on Wednesday said a new ‘Chief Executive’s Policy Unit’ would be set up to help his administration keep its finger on the pulse of public sentiment, while senior officials would hold unofficial monthly meetings with la...

Hong Kong's two main legal groups on Wednesday underlined that the judiciary must be free from interference, a day after the police explosives squad was called in to deal with a suspicious parcel sent to the High Court. "Any violence or threat agai...

A wild boar welfare group on Wednesday urged the government to adopt better urban planning practices as a way to manage problems caused by the animals, while repeating its call for an end to the killing of the creatures. Roni Wong from the Hong Kong...

A unionist lawmaker on Wednesday said it would be more appropriate for the government to give its civil servants pay rises of between three and four percent, instead of the 2.5 percent increase proposed by the Executive Council. Speaking on RTHK's ...