The Executive Council on Tuesday approved an across-the-board pay rise of 2.5 percent for all civil servants. According to the announcement made by the Civil Service Bureau, Exco had taken staff responses to the pay proposal as well as factors such...

A group focusing on the rights of ethnic minorities said on Tuesday that this section of society has been disproportionately affected during the fifth Covid wave, experiencing far higher unemployment than the general population. Unison said its surv...

The Executive Council on Tuesday approved the merger of Citybus and New World First Bus. The new franchise will be named Citybus Limited and will run from July next year until 2033. A government spokesman noted in a statement that the merger will...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday the proposed health code system will not be used for any purposes other than identifying Covid patients and those who are likely to have been infected. Under the proposal, those confirmed to have been infecte...

The government on Tuesday hit back at criticism from the outgoing US Consul General to Hong Kong, saying Hanscom Smith's remarks were unfair and untrue. Smith had in a farewell speech at the American Chamber of Commerce on Monday said the authoritie...

The government on Monday issued compulsory testing notices for 71 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...

Some legislators on Monday called on the government to find better ways to estimate the number of wild boars in Hong Kong. Speaking at a Legco panel meeting, some lawmakers including Chan Chun-ying from the finance sector told officials that an acc...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau said from Friday, people infected with Covid-19 and under home isolation orders will need to wear electronic wristbands to ensure they do not flout regulations and leave their homes prematurely. He said authorities are ...

Officials have proposed combining into one the nomination form for the Rural Representative Election and a separate document that requires a would-be-candidate to confirm that he or she would uphold the Basic Law. This is one of the recommendations...

Long queues formed at Shenzhen Bay Port on Monday as people heading to the mainland waited for Covid tests and then their results. Some complained that they had to wait outside as the indoor, air-conditioned areas were already full. A man surnamed ...

A construction industry representative on Monday said it will be hard to introduce a four-day work week arrangement for frontline workers because most of them are subject to a daily rate, and the move would in effect reduce their income. The Constr...

Commissioner for Transport Rosanna Law has tested positive for Covid-19, the government said on Monday. A Transport Department (TD) spokesman said in a statement that Law last went to work on July 8, and is currently in isolation. "She wore masks...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau on Monday said authorities are hoping to introduce a ‘health code’ system here as soon as possible, by adding the function to the existing LeaveHomeSafe app. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, Lo said the change w...

Transport Commissioner Rosanna Law on Monday said a proposed ban on having more than two mobile devices on a vehicle's dashboard should not affect the needs of taxi drivers. Law told a Commercial Radio programme that officials had consulted the trad...

The director of a hotel chain has welcomed the dropping of Hong Kong's flight suspension mechanism, saying it creates more clarity and stability in terms of bookings. Mael Vastine, Director of Operations at Ovolo Hotels, told RTHK that the group had...

Customs officials said late on Sunday that they had seized about 1.1 kilograms of suspected cocaine and about 540 grams of suspected crack cocaine with an estimated value of 1.9 million dollars in Sham Shui Po. They said they intercepted a 16-year-...

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) on Sunday ordered the recall of a Häagen-Dazs ice cream imported from France, saying it is believed to contain an unauthorised pesticide. Officials said they were alerted by the European Commission that ethylene ox...

The government on Sunday issued compulsory testing notices for 70 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...

Housing Secretary Winnie Ho said on Sunday the government will try to identify appropriate sites for transitional housing so residents could stay longer while they are waiting for a public flat. She was speaking after visiting several subdivided fla...

Hong Kong on Sunday reported 2,773 new local coronavirus infections and 219 imported cases. The Hospital Authority said 134 Covid patients have been newly admitted to public hospitals, bringing the total currently receiving care to 924. Twenty pati...