Chief Executive John Lee said on Saturday that the police force is helping to ensure the long-term stability of the One Country, Two Systems principle by safeguarding national security and keeping Hong Kong stable. Speaking at a passing-out parade a...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam on Saturday said he will promote the rule of law by doing publicity work for the Basic Law and the National Security Law. Speaking on a radio programme, Lam stressed that the security legislation is in line with the pr...

Infectious disease expert Ivan Hung on Saturday said Hong Kong could shorten or even dispense with hotel quarantine for incoming travellers, if PCR tests could be arranged more frequently - and with faster results. Hung, co-convenor of an expert com...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 65 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 Friday strongly condemned the act of impersonating police officers, and expressed concern over media reports that overseas legal practitioners received emails from someone claiming to be from the force. British newspaper The Times had repo...

The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) on Friday said it has recovered three quarters of a million default contributions from Asia Catering, which shuttered last week. Around 100 workers say they have not been paid, and some said thei...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau has called on people not to let their guard down amid a rising Covid trend. The city reported 2,945 new Covid cases on Friday, slightly down from more than 3,000 the day before. All but 197 were local infections. The...

Long queues formed at Shenzhen Bay Port on Friday with people waiting to enter the mainland after quarantine arrangements were improved for cross-boundary travel. The control point's operating hours have been extended to between 9am and 8pm. Offic...

Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker Bill Tang on Friday said a survey he conducted with another group suggests that the majority of people support the results-oriented approach promised by Chief Executive John Lee. The legislator teamed up with New ...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau said on Friday the government will not “lie flat” in the face of a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, saying it's working towards increasing the capacity of PCR tests in a bid to stop transmission chains. Lo was speaking...

Authorities are investigating the cause of a blaze at a Sau Mau Ping home early on Friday that took firefighters more than eight hours to extinguish, though no one was harmed. The Fire Services Department said the fire at 9 Anderson Road, quickly sp...

Some convention and exhibition sector representatives on Friday called on the government to provide a clear roadmap on the lifting of Covid-19 travel restrictions. They said their trade has been hit hard by the pandemic, pointing out that six exhibi...

Hong Kong International Airport’s third runway officially began operations on Friday. A Government Flying Service plane was the first aircraft to land on the tarmac at 8:24am. It was followed by a Cathay Pacific cargo flight from Shanghai, which t...

An expert from the University of Hong Kong’s School of Public Health on Friday said the rise in local Covid-19 cases isn't cause for concern, though the government should consider setting up permanent facilities to deal with mild cases to ease the ...

The Fire Services Department on Friday said firefighters have brought a blaze at a residential unit on Anderson Road in Shun Lee under control. The fire broke out just after 12.30am and was upgraded to a No. 3 alarm at 1.43am. The government said it...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 60 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. ...

A Hong Kong government delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Committee said on Thursday people's rights and freedoms are protected under the national security law. At the meeting in Geneva, some members questioned if the legislation is consi...

A grassroots organisation on Thursday broke ground on a transitional housing project in Tsuen Wan that is to provide 200 flats for people in need. The project, operated by the Society for Community Organisation, is located at a 4,700-square-metre s...

The Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) on Thursday urged the government to better educate the public about Chinese history as it marked the 85th anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Representatives of the union handed in a petition to an SA...

Health authorities on Thursday announced an additional 2,856 local coronavirus infections and 172 imported cases. This brought the daily total above the 3,000-mark for the first time since April, when infections during the fifth wave began subsidin...