Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Western District in which a 65-year-old man died after being reportedly knocked down by a tram when crossing a road. The accident happened just before noon on Wednesday at the junction of Des Voe...

The Peak Tram is reopening on Saturday after a major facelift that will see bigger tram cars, and the upper and lower terminuses refurbished. Fares will also go up by more than 60 percent. A round trip for an adult will now cost HK$88 – HK$36 up f...

Postage rates will go up by about 10 percent from September 26. Sending a local letter weighing 30 grams or less will cost HK$2.20, up from HK$2 currently. Letters by air mail weighing 20 grams or less to the mainland and Taiwan will go up from HK$3...

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal attempt by activist Jimmy Sham who sought to have same-sex marriages overseas recognised in Hong Kong. Sham had launched a judicial review in 2018, arguing that the SAR government should recognise the marria...

The worsening Covid outbreak has prompted the government to tighten the rules for large-scale sports events, which led to the cancellation of a 10-kilometre running event and the potential postponement or cancellation of the cross-harbour swim. In ...

The Hong Kong Observatory issued the Standby Strong Wind Signal No.3 at 12:40pm on Wednesday, and said it will consider issuing the T8 signal between 6pm and 9pm as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on continues to edge closer towards Hong Kong. At noon, Ma...

Trade and business representatives have welcomed the government's latest decision to ease the rules for exhibition visitors. The arrangement, that will come into effect on Thursday, will allow those with an amber health code to participate in busine...

Police on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the unlawful disposal of a dead body in a park in Yau Ma Tei. Officers said they received a report on Tuesday afternoon that three to four men had carried an unconscious man to the park at the j...

The Hong Kong Observatory said it may consider issuing the T8 signal between 6pm to 9pm on Wednesday as severe tropical storm Ma-on edges closer towards the Pearl River Estuary. The Observatory issued the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 at 12.40pm as the s...

The Observatory on Wednesday said it would issue the Strong Wind Signal No.3 between noon and 2 pm as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on edges closer towards the Pearl River estuary. The Standby Signal No.1 remains in force, after being issued at 9.10 pm ...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 58 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...

An annual survey by two green groups has suggested more than 4.6 million moon cakes were left over last year - the highest number for seven years. Food Grace and Green Community recently contacted more than 300 families online, and found that each ...

The Observatory says the Standby Signal No 1 remains in force as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on moves across the South China Sea towards the coast of Guangdong, gradually intensifying. .At 4 am on Wednesday, Ma-on was about 600 kilometres southeast of ...

Health officials have announced they are mobilising up to 5,000 beds for Covid patients, as the daily caseload climbed to 6,654. Tuesday saw 6,410 new local Covid infections and 244 imported cases. More than 2,100 patients with the coronavirus were...

A water pipe in Tsuen Wan burst on Tuesday afternoon, flooding part of Shing Mun Road and causing a sinkhole. A minibus became trapped in the sinkhole on Sai Lau Kok Road, but nobody was injured. Police said they were notified about the burst at a...

The government says it's working with authorities across the border on special arrangements to help Hong Kong students at mainland universities travel north for their studies. Some students have been complaining of finding it difficult to get a plac...

Eleven people were on Tuesday convicted of rioting outside the government headquarters three years ago. The District Court heard that about 500 protesters assembled outside the complex in Admiralty and hurled petrol bombs at and vandalised the premi...

The observatory says it will consider issuing the Standby Signal No 1 on Tuesday evening, as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on is expected to come within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong. The storm is expected to move from the northern Philippines towards the...

The government has been urged to provide training for mentors they're recruiting under a programme aimed at tackling intergenerational poverty among underprivileged secondary school pupils. The call came a day after Chief Secretary Eric Chan announ...

Undersecretary for Security Michael Cheuk said on Tuesday that the number of suspected Hong Kong victims of Southeast Asia trafficking gangs has risen by one, to 38. Cheuk told a Metro Radio programme that 21 people are believed to be still being h...