The government says it will launch a three-month operation on Sunday targeting over 600 hygiene black spots, as part of a two-phase campaign to build a cleaner city. At a press briefing on Friday, Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk, who's leading ...

The High Court on Friday sentenced two people to five and a half years in prison for rioting after two groups hurled bricks at each other in Sheung Shui in 2019, leading to the death of a 70-year-old man. Kelvin Lau, 19, and Chan Yin-ting, 18, were ...

Unionist legislator Luk Chung-hung said on Friday that he has received a small number of complaints and enquiries in relation to workers with an amber Covid code being told not to return to work or having their pay docked. Current rules state that a...

Pandemic advisor Lau Yu-lung on Friday urged parents to get Covid-19 jabs for their young children as soon as possible, saying time is running short to give kids the protection they need ahead of an expected surge in cases in winter. Professor Lau â...

Former Chief Executive Carrie Lam and many top officials in her administration were on Friday appointed Justices of the Peace (JP) by the new government. Former ministers Sophia Chan, Frank Chan, Patrick Nip, Alfred Sit, Wong Kam-sing and Edward Yau...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 60 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. ...

Latest government figures showed Hong Kong's population fell by 1.6 percent in the past year, with a net outflow of people accounting for nearly 80 percent of the decrease. According to figures by the Census and Statistics Department, the city's pop...

Hong Kong on Thursday recorded 4,376 new Covid cases, including 196 imported infections, with health officials renewing their appeal for the public to get vaccinated in light of what they described as a worrying increase in people who need hospital t...

The Food Expo got underway on Thursday, with visitors expressing mixed views on the product tasting ban in force for a second year due to the pandemic. Some people queued up overnight to be among the first visitors to the five-day event at the Conv...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday that Hong Kong needs to grab international talent in innovation and technology. Making a speech at an IT summit, he said this was among the views he collected in recent consultation sessions for his policy a...

The government said on Thursday that around 2,200 children aged between six months and three years have been given the Sinovac vaccine since it became available to the age group a week ago. That’s according to the Secretary for the Civil Service,...

Five people were injured in a nine-car pile-up on Tuen Mun Road on Thursday morning. At around 7:30am, seven private vehicles, a taxi and a van collided near Tsing Lung Tau San Tsuen. The accident happened on the Tsuen Wan-bound carriageway. Five ...

An aviation analyst says the reduction of hotel quarantine to three nights should boost business for Cathay Pacific, but that it could take up to two years for it to return to pre-pandemic levels. The airline on Wednesday reported a first-half loss...

A representative of local subsidised schools doesn't think the new "amber code" policy will cause much disruption in the sector when students return for the new school year next Thursday. Under the government's new code, inbound travellers who fini...

The government on Wednesday 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. ...

Three former leaders of the Liberal Party – James Tien, Selina Chow and Miriam Lau – said they have quit the party after its central committee voted to abolish the post of honorary chair that they held. The party said it had held numerous discus...

The Observatory has dropped all typhoon signals at 6:20pm on Wednesday as tropical cyclone Mulan moves further away from Hong Kong. The forecaster said Mulan will move across the vicinity of Beibu Wan, and will weaken gradually as it enters into t...

Health authorities on Wednesday reported 4,593 new Covid cases, including 4,344 local infections. There were four more Covid-related deaths, involving patients aged between 61 and 87. Officials said 23 patients are in critical condition and 25 are ...

The Observatory said it will consider issuing the Standby Signal No 1, or cancelling all tropical cyclone warning signals between 6pm and 9pm on Wednesday as tropical storm Mulan gradually moves away from Hong Kong. The forecaster said that in the ...

The government said foreign domestic helpers arriving in Hong Kong can start working and staying at their employers' homes after a three-day mandatory quarantine at a designated hotel, as a new quarantine rule takes effect on Friday. Alternatively, ...