Flagfall charges for taxis across Hong Kong will be HK$3 higher from this Sunday. In an announcement on Thursday, the Transport Department said the flagfall for red urban taxis will go up from HK$24 to HK$27. Passengers of green cabs in the New Te...

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Thursday said they have developed the first ever real-time platform to predict the protective effects of different Covid-19 vaccines. The platform feeds virus sequencing data through an al...

The government is expected to announce more transport facilities between the Kai Tak area and MTR stations and the central business district "soon", the executive committee chairman of the Real Estate Developers Association said on Thursday. Stewar...

Lawmaker Kingsley Wong has tested positive for Covid-19. Wong, who's the chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions, said on Thursday that he is self-isolating. He said he had received four doses of Covid vaccine. The lawmaker said he had mild c...

A patients' concern group said on Thursday that any move by the Hospital Authority to reduce non-emergency services to cope with a surge in Covid patients could affect hundreds of people each day. The authority warned at a regular briefing on Tuesda...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 79 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. ...

The government on Wednesday condemned a US report, saying it is spreading misinformation and attempting to intimidate prosecutors in Hong Kong. In a statement released on Wednesday, a government spokesperson said the Congressional-Executive Commiss...

Researchers at Gratia Christian College on Wednesday said online learning during the pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of schoolchildren, adding that parents and the education sector should provide more support. The college and Junior ...

Hong Kong saw 3,154 new Covid cases on Wednesday, the second time in seven days the tally topped 3,000. All but 211 cases were local infections. There were two more Covid-related deaths, involving a 102-year-old woman and a 65-year-old man. The Ho...

Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) and its affiliate Long Win Bus (LWB) on Wednesday announced a pay rise of 3.5 percent for all staff, following two years of salary freezes. The increase falls short of a 7 percent rise demanded by trade unions representing d...

The government says people travelling via Shenzhen Bay Port to the mainland from July 15 will have to make an appointment for a PCR test at the checkpoint. An online booking system will be available from July 14. A government spokesman said people...

The Immigration Department on Wednesday said more than 900,000 Hong Kong SAR passports have expired without being renewed since 2020, as it called on people to renew them soon. An assistant director of the department, Fan Hiu-sing, said with many co...

Chief Executive John Lee led the government’s first informal ‘antechamber talks’ with lawmakers on Wednesday, with both sides hailing the private chats as frank exchanges that would help to enhance communication and policymaking. Lee, flanked ...

The government has expanded its panel of expert advisers on the Covid-19 epidemic. Professors Ivan Hung and Lau Chak-sing from the University of Hong Kong's department of medicine and paediatrics professor Lau Yu-lung have been newly appointed to th...

The government on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that the civil service might become a less attractive career option in light of planned 2.5-percent across-the-board pay rises this year. The government-appointed Pay Trend Survey Committee had sugge...

The chief operating officer of Citybus says it's the 'right time' and 'necessary' for a merger between his company and New World First Bus, which was given the go-ahead on Tuesday by Exco. Speaking on RTHK's 'Hong Kong Today' programme, Richard Hal...

The government on Tuesday 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. T...

Shenzhen authorities are being urged to reserve hundreds of quarantine rooms each day for businesspeople from Hong Kong. Two-thousand new quarantine places for travellers from Hong Kong are currently being provided each day through a ballot system....

The Centre for Food Safety on Tuesday warned people to pay attention to sodium levels in some dim sum dishes, saying excessive sodium intake can lead to health problems like hypertension. The centre tested 120 dim sum samples collected from 50 Chi...

Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Tuesday called on recovered coronavirus patients to take part in the SAR's first citywide study on long Covid, which is hoped will provide a better understanding of the condition and help f...