A senior Beijing official on Monday urged the SAR government to work to resolve Hong Kong’s most pressing and urgent problems to live up to the people’s expectations as directed by President Xi Jinping. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and...

The Consumer Council on Monday warned shoppers to choose cooking oils carefully, after it found contaminants or carcinogens in some popular products from supermarkets and department stores. The watchdog tested 50 samples of cooking oil and found th...

Security Secretary Chris Tang on Monday said Hong Kong’s disciplined services are doing their part to help the city’s youth learn more about the country and strengthen their sense of national identity, as the government ramps up its efforts to en...

Top epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling says he no longer sees any rationale for quarantining inbound travellers, and believes the measure should be completely dropped. The Chief Executive, John Lee, has said he is considering reducing the seven-day ho...

The government on Sunday issued compulsory testing notices for 81 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...

Health authorities on Sunday reported 3,486 new Covid infections, including 173 imported cases. Officials said 1,122 Covid patients were being treated at public hospitals, and 126 of them were newly admitted. Five patients were in intensive care. ...

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...