The government said on Sunday that it's trialling an upgraded electronic health declaration system from Thursday under which inbound travellers will have to complete an electronic health declaration form and get a QR code before boarding their flight...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday warned of challenges facing Hong Kong's economic recovery amid the imminent interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks. Writing on his official blog, the finance chief said the high...

The Dean of Chinese University's medical school, Francis Chan, said on Sunday that the daily number of Covid-19 infections may top 10,000 as the upward trend continues. Health authorities have earlier voiced concerns over the possible burden on the...

The Secretary for Education, Christine Choi, on Sunday said the government will distribute books to schools to promote national education, and strengthen students' understanding of the country's history, culture and development. She added that kind...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 65 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. ...

Hong Kong has continued to swelter with the Observatory's Very Hot Weather Warning remaining in force for the ninth consecutive day, with the department recording 34.9 degrees on Saturday afternoon. Temperatures pushed above 35 degrees in many areas...

Health authorities on Saturday said they were worried that the gradual increase in Covid cases was putting hospitals under pressure, as Hong Kong's daily coronavirus tally topped the 4,000-mark for the third consecutive day. There were 4,034 local ...

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho said on Saturday that the authorities plan to deploy modular integrated construction techniques similar to those used in building quarantines facilities as a way to speed up the delivery of public housing. Ho said the...

Government Covid advisor, Lau Yu-lung, said on Saturday that indicators show that the current wave of Covid-19 cases is still on an upward trend and the disease can't yet be considered endemic in Hong Kong. "HKU's reproduction rate for the virus wa...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 64 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 government said on Friday it will come up with a system to deal with individuals and organisations who want to hang national flags off lampposts in displays of patriotism, including a mechanism to waive administrative and inspection fees. This c...

The government said it will from Monday invite medical teams to visit nursing homes at least once a week to help vaccinate elderly and disabled people against Covid-19, to boost the vaccination rate. Officials hope to increase the inoculation rate ...

A second former worker at a foster home in Prince Edward has been jailed for abusing children there. Lam Mei-po, 56, was sentenced to around seven months behind bars. She earlier pleaded guilty to assaulting three youngsters at the Children's Resi...

Startup carrier Greater Bay Airlines has confirmed that its maiden passenger flight will take off on Saturday, to Bangkok. According to the Airport Authority, flight HB660 will depart at 10:30am. The airline – founded by mainland tycoon Bill Wong...

Members of the Legislative Council's finance committee on Friday approved a 2.5 percent salary increase for all civil servants. Civil Service Secretary Ingrid Yeung told legislators the administration needed to handle salary adjustments carefully th...

Health authorities on Friday reported 4,090 new local Covid infections and 180 imported cases, as the Hospital Authority (HA) warned that non-urgent healthcare services will inevitably be affected as numbers continue to rise. Officials said another...

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, ...