The Hospital Authority on Sunday said two types of medication which have recently been imported from the mainland were brought in and used in compliance with local laws. It expressed deep regret over what it called misleading media reports that all...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said some 240,000 failed applicants to the electronic voucher scheme need only provide "simple proof" to become eligible for the second instalment of the handout. Writing on his blog, Chan said as of Saturday...

Justice minister Paul Lam on Sunday said frontline prosecutors are up in arms after the United States said they could sanction them in a report which the Hong Kong government has condemned as an attempt to intimidate its lawyers. Last week, the Amer...

Education chief Christine Choi on Sunday said her bureau will beef up the teaching of the Constitution, Basic Law and national security for students as well as teachers. Choi said it is only natural to know more about the country and to want it to ...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 72 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 Centre for Health Protection said on Saturday that Hong Kong added 3,533 local Covid infections and 229 imported cases. The infected travellers had flown in from places including the UK, Singapore, Thailand and the US. Officials also reported ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Saturday said the government will spare no effort in pushing patriotic education, and correcting the wrong values of young people who have been misled. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of a patriotic education centre fo...

Two expert advisors for the government on Saturday suggested that Hong Kong should expand its vaccine pass scheme, while gradually relax its social distancing measures so that the population can achieve a "hybrid immunity" from inoculation and a low ...

Transport Commissioner Rosanna Law said on Saturday that the authorities are working on revamping the bus route arrangements in Southern District. Law said the authorities are thinking about creating a main public transport interchange for the area...

Four people have been given jail terms of up to three years and two months in connection with a case of petrol bomb possession in 2019, including two men who were arrested after trying to flee to Taiwan. The four earlier pleaded guilty to possessin...

The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Alice Mak, on Saturday said the administration is collecting people's views on the role of District Council, before it conducts a review on the matter. She said the authorities will also look into whether t...

Health secretary Lo Chung-mau on Saturday said having real-name registration on the LeaveHomeSafe app "isn't something the government is considering with priority", and most people won't be affected by the colour codes that will appear on the Covid a...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 75 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...

The Competition Commission said on Friday it welcomed a settlement under which a former chairman of the Travel Industry Council was banned from serving as a company director for three years and his travel agency and a hotel operator were fined over a...

Customs officers on Friday said they had made their largest seizure of illicit cigarettes in 21 years, as part of a crackdown. Some 78 million cigarettes with an estimated market value of about HK$220 million were confiscated. It was one of 20 ciga...

The Insurance Authority (IA) on Friday said managers it appointed to run the affairs of a company that provided cover for most of the SAR's taxis have brought a winding-up petition against the firm. The managers, from the accountancy firm Deloitte, ...

Health authorities on Friday reported 3,574 new Covid infections, including 216 that were imported. A total of 1,082 Covid patients were being treated in public hospitals, almost 140 more than the day before. Seven patients were in intensive care...

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday said he attaches great importance to the development of innovation and technology in Hong Kong, adding that the city must proactively integrate into the national development as the central government firmly supports...

Seven people on Friday were jailed for 10 months after pleading guilty at the District Court to perverting the course of justice. They were among 12 Hong Kong people who tried to flee to Taiwan by speedboat and were intercepted by the Guangdong coa...

An official from the Financial Secretary's Office said on Friday that some 240,000 people have been told they are not eligible for an upcoming HK$5,000 spending voucher, but promised leniency if they ask for a review. The administration has said pe...