A group focusing on racial equality has urged local universities to come up with a transparent standard for assessing the performance of students who take Chinese-language exams outside the local system. At a press briefing on Friday, Unison said ma...

The government on Friday announced the appointment of 19 senior officials, including eight deputy bureau chiefs. Two former political assistants have been promoted as undersecretaries. They are Jeff Sze for education and Lillian Cheong for innovatio...

Elderly Commission member Grace Li on Friday expressed concerns about the ability of elderly people to comply with new anti-Covid requirements when they visit people at care homes. The government announced on Thursday that from August 1, visitors to...

A unionist lawmaker said on Friday that the government should consider legislation to ensure that workers are protected from heatstroke if new guidance for employers fails to reduce the number of cases. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme, ...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 56 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 announced on Thursday that care home staff and visitors will be subject to tougher Covid testing requirements soon. From July 27, people working at care homes for the elderly and the disabled will be required to take PCR tests once a...

Chief Executive John Lee will deliver his maiden policy blueprint in October. It has been revealed that Lee will deliver his first Policy Address at the Legislative Council on October 19. He'll then attend a question-and-answer session at Legco the...

WWF-Hong Kong on Thursday urged the government to put in place marine traffic mitigation measures in South Lantau waters, after its study found that Chinese white dolphins have been more active in the area due to reduced sea traffic during the pandem...

Hong Kong's daily Covid tally passed the 4,000 mark on Thursday, with the Centre for Health for Protection reporting 4,375 cases, 299 of them imported. Health officials said another 163 people with Covid had been taken to hospital, meaning a total ...

Labour minister Chris Sun on Thursday said the government is working to update guidelines to prevent heat stroke for workers so that it won't be just about how hot the day is. He said officials are studying whether to add the observatory's heat ind...

Lawmakers on Thursday urged the authorities to widen the criteria in selecting medical schools for a special scheme aimed at enticing non-locally-trained doctors to practice here. The government has so far selected 50 medical schools whose graduates...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau on Thursday said the government and its expert advisers will disseminate information about Covid-19 in a consolidated manner in future to prevent any confusion about Hong Kong's coronavirus strategy. He was responding ...

Visitors to Ocean Park on Thursday morning were shocked to hear that An An, a giant panda given to Hong Kong as a gift by the central government, had been put down. A woman surnamed Chan said she was a huge fan of An An and visited him three times a...

Ocean Park announced on Thursday that An An, a giant panda gifted to Hong Kong by the central government in 1999, had been euthanised. An An was born in Sichuan in 1986, and was the world’s longest-living male giant panda under human care. In a...

The government on Wednedsay issued compulsory testing notices for 55 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. ...

Health officials on Wednesday reported 3,805 new Covid-19 infections, including 180 imported cases. More than 1,200 Covid patients were being treated in public hospitals, including 146 new admissions. Five people were in intensive care. Another dea...

The government has promised to put young people at the forefront of policymaking, with a revamped Home Affairs Bureau also including youth policies in its purview. As the new bureau's top official, Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak says...

The Law Reform Commission (LRC) on Wednesday proposed introducing new offences to better tackle hacking or other cybercrime. It said at the moment, Hong Kong does not have an ordinance that specifically deals with cybercrime, and different offences ...

Some ethnic minority students who received their university entrance exam results on Wednesday said they are looking beyond their success in education and hoping to give back to the community in future. Mehmood Ayesha was one of more than 40,000 se...

Education Secretary Christine Choi on Wednesday said schools can professionally handle matters relating to male students who want to have their hair long, after a pupil filed a complaint with the equality watchdog. The form five student said on soci...