The Chief Manager of the Hospital Authority (HA) Lau Ka-hin on Saturday cautioned that public hospitals could be put under pressure if Hong Kong recorded more imported malaria cases, adding that time was key in treating the mosquito-borne disease. ...

Labour chief Chris Sun said on Saturday that the government plans to introduce new guidelines to protect workers from heat stroke by April next year. Officials have been studying whether to add the Observatory's heat index as one of the references ...

A University of Hong Kong paediatrician, Patrick Ip, said on Saturday that he thinks the government will soon be able to buy doses of the BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine that are suitable for toddlers. Speaking after appearing on a commercial radio progra...

Labour minister Chris Sun said on Saturday that officials are checking whether dancers at last week's concert by boyband MIRROR are actually self-employed and the implications this might have. Two dancers were injured at the concert on Thursday last...

The government on Friday 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. Th...

A task force looking into an accident at a MIRROR concert last week said metal fatigue of a suspension cord was likely the reason why it snapped, leading to the falling of a video panel that injured two dancers. Lee Tsz-chun, an Assistant Director ...

Health authorities on Friday said the recent cluster of imported malaria cases was the worst they have ever seen, adding that they will keep an eye out on passengers coming from high-risk areas and purchase more medication to treat infected patients....

The Education Bureau (EDB) said on Friday that school students and teachers will be required to continue taking rapid Covid tests every day in the new academic year, until further notice. "As the daily rapid antigen test (RAT) arrangement helps with...

Secretary for Housing Winnie Ho on Friday urged public housing tenants to support the government’s rent hike proposal, saying it is needed to ensure the Housing Authority’s long-term financial sustainability. In a paper submitted to the Legisl...

The government has appointed a new head for RTHK. In a statement, a spokesman said Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Union, Eddie Cheung, will take up his new post as Director of Broadcasting in early Oct...

Lingnan University researchers on Friday called on the government to work on reopening its borders with the mainland, saying around a third of people they interviewed had lost their jobs or became temporarily unemployed due to a substantial drop in v...

Police on Friday arrested an 86-year-old man on suspicion of manslaughter, after his wife's body was found at their home in To Kwa Wan. Officers said they received a call from the couple's son on Thursday afternoon, saying his 81-year-old mother wa...

New People's Party lawmaker Eunice Yung on Friday published a newspaper statement announcing that she was cutting ties with her father-in-law, Elmer Yuen. On Wednesday, the Security Bureau denounced Yuen, along with journalist Victor Ho and disquali...

The government will start delivering another instalment of electronic spending vouchers on Sunday. Around 6.2 million people will be eligible for the HK$2,000 vouchers, according to Jessie Wong, the head of budget and tax policy for the financial se...

The head of a medical group operating two community vaccination centres says nearly 50 toddlers received Sinovac jabs at the facilities on Thursday – the first day children aged between six months and three years were able to get inoculated against...

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Amber Rainstorm Warning Signal at 4.08am on Friday. It means that heavy rain has fallen or is expected to fall over Hong Kong, exceeding 30mm in an hour, and is likely to continue. There will be flooding in some...

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. ...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) on Thursday said it's investigating a cluster of imported malaria cases from Africa. The CHP said 30 people arriving in Hong Kong from July 1 to August 1 were found to have the mosquito-borne infectious diseas...

A green group has on Thursday warned that Hong Kong people have been taking fewer journeys on foot, threatening both their health and the environment. The World Green Organisation surveyed 500 residents in June and found that only 7.8 percent said ...

Hong Kong's daily Covid tally topped the 5,000 mark on Thursday and health authorities said infections haven't peaked yet. The Centre for Health for Protection reported 5,020 cases, 247 of them imported, for the day. Chuang Shuk-kwan from the centr...