Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said easing quarantine rules and a fresh round of consumption vouchers are boosting the local economy, but warned that Hong Kong still faces headwinds such as rising US interest rates. Writing on his official ...

Labour minister Chris Sun said on Sunday employers should not prevent people with an amber code on their LeaveHomeSafe app from going to work, and that workers shouldn't have their pay docked either. Currently, after inbound travellers have spent th...

Former secretary for security Ambrose Lee died on Sunday morning at the age of 73. RTHK learned that he passed away in his sleep at his Sha Tin home. Lee joined the Immigration Department in 1974 and rose through the ranks. He became the head of t...

Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk said on Sunday that he’s confident that Hong Kong will become much cleaner after the launch of a city-wide operation against hygiene black spots. He was speaking after inspecting cleaners removing rubbish and a ...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang said the government is ready to take action against anyone who takes advantage of tensions between China and the United States to stir up chaos in Hong Kong. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme on Sunday, Tang ...

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. ...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) says an unvaccinated 5-year-old girl is in critical condition in Tuen Mun Hospital, after contracting Covid. She was admitted on Friday night after running a fever, and testing positive using a rapid antigen tes...

Executive Council convenor Regina Ip on Saturday said the headline of a interview she had done with Bloomberg created a misunderstanding, but added that she would be more careful with her words in the future, after her comments on stamp duty led to a...

Education minister Christine Choi said on Saturday that students with amber codes should go to school only if the campus environment is suitable. Under the new quarantine rules, which came into effect on Friday, inbound travellers will receive an a...

Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk on Saturday admitted inadequacies in the government hygiene efforts in the past and said the authorities would step up education to keep the city clean, adding that officials would review the penalty for littering....

Police said on Saturday they had arrested a married couple on suspicion of murder, following the death of a three-month-old baby boy in the early hours of the morning. The suspects are a 35-year-old man and his 24-year-old wife. Officers said the...

Health minister Lo Chung-mau has played down the likelihood of Hong Kong quickly doing away with quarantine hotels and moving to seven days of health monitoring instead. Speaking on two radio programmes on Saturday, he said the latest move to three ...

The government on Friday 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. Th...

The government on Friday said the Hong Kong Coliseum will be open for use again as a probe into a serious accident at a MIRROR concert last month continues. A huge video screen fell onto the stage during the show on July 28, injuring two dancers –...

Hong Kong on Friday reported 4,439 new coronavirus infections, including 217 imported cases. Another 230 Covid patients had been admitted to hospital for treatment, including 23 children below the age of three. At present, 1,565 Covid patients ar...

Education authorities said students and staff members with an amber code are restricted from mask-off activities and are banned from having lunch with others on campus. Under the government's new rule that came into effect on Friday, inbound travel...

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...