Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said on Saturday a move to redraw the boundaries of protected wetland areas and their buffer zones is aimed at enhancing conservation rather than freeing up land for development. Speaking to reporte...

Chief Executive John Lee on Saturday made a visit to Shum Shui Po, as he seeks people's views ahead of his maiden policy address in October. Along with Chief Secretary Eric Chan, he met a grassroots family living in a subdivided flat on Lai Chi Kok...

A government adviser on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Saturday that there's no need to tighten social distancing rules right now, despite an increase in the number of Covid infections. The daily caseload has been rising steadily, with reported i...

Culture minister Kevin Yeung said on Saturday that organisers of events at government venues may have to stick with simple stage arrangements while officials investigate Thursday's incident at a MIRROR concert. A large video panel at the Hong Kong ...

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 Hospital Authority (HA) said one of the two dancers injured in the MIRROR concert accident on Thursday remains in serious condition, while the other has been discharged from hospital. In a statement released on Friday, the HA said the dancer who...

Hong Kong on Friday reported 4,696 local coronavirus cases as well as 188 imported infections. A total of 1,411 Covid patients are currently being treated at public hospitals – ten of whom under intensive care. A Chief Manager with the Hospital...

The Hong Kong government on Friday urged the European Union (EU) to stop interfering in the internal affairs of China, after the bloc issued a statement calling for the repeal of the national security law. The EU's statement came a day after the Uni...

An initial inspection suggests a video panel which fell and injured two dancers at a MIRROR concert on Thursday night came crashing down after a metal suspension cord snapped, Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said on Friday. Spe...

A clinical psychologist said on Friday it's normal for people who witnessed traumatic events to have negative emotions, and even suffer from physical symptoms, and that it's important for them to get the help they need. The Hong Kong Red Cross said ...

MIRROR concert organisers have apologised after a large video panel fell from the ceiling above the stage on Thursday evening, injuring two dancers, one of them seriously. Videos circulating on social media appeared to show the massive video screen ...

Two dancers were hurt after being struck by a falling video panel on stage during a concert by the popular boy band MIRROR late on Thursday, prompting the government to suspend the remaining eight shows for safety checks.   Video circulating on soc...

The government on Thursday 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. ...

Health authorities said on Thursday that they are concerned about the Covid-19 case of a 22-month-old toddler who is in critical condition, with a government pandemic advisor repeating calls for parents to get their children inoculated against the co...

Latest figures released from the Census and Statistics Department on Thursday showed that the gender imbalance in Hong Kong has widened further. There were about four million women and around 3.3 million men in 2021. It means excluding foreign domes...

New figures from the Hong Kong Tourism Board on Thursday showed more visitors have flown into the city since the government lifted an entry ban on non-residents in May, but the number is still minimal compared to the pre-Covid levels. Between Janua...

The Observatory said on Thursday it has logged 22 "hot nights" so far this month – the most recorded in a month since records began in 1884. Forecasters said in a Facebook post that there had also been a consecutive 19 "hot nights", the longest e...

Former Shatin District Council chairman Li Chi-wang was on Thursday jailed for seven months for shouting insults at the police in May, 2020. Eastern Magistracy heard that Li committed the offence during a protest in Causeway Bay, and his shouting h...

A 23-year-old man was on Thursday jailed for four months for tearing three national flags down and throwing them in a rubbish bin on July 1 last year. Pang Tsz-kin, a part-time tutor, was earlier convicted by Kowloon City Court of desecrating three...

The Office of The Ombudsman said on Thursday that it's launching an investigation into the effectiveness of the government's 1823 enquiry platform, after receiving many complaints against the service in the first five months of this year. It said it...