The UK government has blocked the takeover of a British electronic design company by a Hong Kong-based firm, citing national security grounds. Britain's business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, used the National Security and Investment Act to bar the ta...

Pro-democracy activists Benny Tai and Joshua Wong, and former lawmakers Wu Chi-wai, Alvin Yeung, Claudia Mo and Chu Hoi-dick, are among 29 people who plan to plead guilty to violating the national security law through their involvement in unofficial ...

The government has been urged to issue travel warnings for Cambodia and Myanmar over fears Hongkongers could be trafficked there in job scams. Authorities say five Hong Kong residents believed to be in Southeast Asia are currently unaccounted for. ...

A Highways Department official on Thursday said planned work to upgrade and widen Lion Rock Tunnel is needed because wear and tear may affect its operation in the long-run. Tony Cheung, a deputy major works project manager, noted that the south-bou...

The government on Wednesday 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. ...

Officials on Wednesday began inspecting large-scale electric sliding gates at government premises after the death of a security guard earlier in the week at Yaumatei Maternal and Child Health Centre. The security guard, 43, was struck by a falling c...

A man has been charged over allegedly disclosing the personal information of his former girlfriend without consent. This is the second time charges have been laid under the new anti-doxxing regime, which came into effect last October. According to ...

Hong Kong on Wednesday logged 5,757 new Covid-19 cases, including 5,563 local infections. There were also four Covid-related deaths. The Hospital Authority (HA) said 1,875 patients were being treated at hospital, including ten under intensive care....

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) on Wednesday said visitor arrivals last month were up 17 percent from June, to more than 48,000. In a statement, it said out of the 48,048 travellers who arrived in the city in July, 40,091 were from the mainland. ...

The Immigration Department said it will follow up on five cases of Hong Kong residents reported missing in Southeast Asia by their families. The department said on Wednesday it had received 17 requests for assistance since January from families of H...

The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society on Wednesday said the number of sparrows in the SAR has reached the highest level in five years, though they're still struggling to work out why. The group said its surveyors found around 287,000 Eurasian Tree Sp...

RTHK has learned that the Secretary for Justice, Paul Lam, informed defendants in the case relating to the pan-democratic camp’s Legco primaries in 2020 that their upcoming trial will be conducted without a jury. Lam reportedly said in relevant do...

The government on Wednesday said it will launch a comprehensive review of the city’s hygiene laws to better keep Hong Kong clean. The territory-wide cleanup was the focus of the second round of informal "antechamber talks" at the Legislative Coun...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Wednesday that the government will ensure that it “keeps the economy going” as it continues to rein in the Covid outbreak. Giving a speech at the Hong Kong Summit, he said he understands the importance of keeping...

The operator of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal said on Wednesday that it will take between three to six months to bring cruises back to Hong Kong, with many major operators already setting itineraries that bypassed the SAR in the months and years ahead....

A paediatric specialist has called on parents to keep a close eye on their children who are infected with Covid, saying hospitals are seeing more croup cases as well as a post-Covid condition that could put them into an intensive care unit. Children...

The government on Tuesday 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. T...

Police said on Tuesday they had arrested 19 people on suspicion of money laundering in a case involving some HK$100 million. Chief Inspector Wong Chi-tang of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau said the suspects, aged between 28 and 67, were linked...

A parkour coach on Tuesday advised against training on rooftops, a day after a teenager was believed to have plunged to his death while doing the extreme sport atop a building in Tsim Sha Tsui. Lo Chun-chung from the Hong Kong Parkour Association h...

Cathay Pacific said on Tuesday easing quarantine arrangements for inbound travellers are expected to boost its business in the near future, but the airline also spoke about the difficulty of adding passenger capacity under current Covid rules for air...