Greeners Action on Friday called on the government to ban shops and other businesses from handing out plastic umbrella bags. The environmental group said it recently went to more than 180 bank branches and restaurants on rainy days and found that 78...

A representative of private hospitals said on Friday that they shouldn't be entirely blamed for the low usage rate of beds at their facilities set aside for non-Covid patients to be transferred from public hospitals. Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau r...

An infectious disease expert on Friday called on Hongkongers to cut down on their social activities after officials warned that the daily number of new Covid cases could top 10,000 next week. On an RTHK radio programme, Dr Leung Chi-chiu said hospi...

Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk and Commerce Secretary Algernon Yau have tested positive for Covid. The government says the two men last went to work on Thursday and followed anti-Covid measures such as wearing a mask and getting tested every d...

The Security Bureau on Thursday said that three more Hong Kong residents who sought help from the Immigration Department had returned to Hong Kong safely. A spokesman said they returned with the assistance of the Office of the Commissioner of the Mi...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 43 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. ...

Immigration director Au Ka-wang tested positive for Covid-19 through a rapid test on Thursday. An Immigration Department spokesman said Au last went to work on the same day, and is now under isolation. Au is the second disciplined services head to...

The number of new Covid infections in Hong Kong is climbing at an accelerated pace with the daily figure hitting its highest in almost five months on Thursday, health officials said. A total of 8,579 new infections were reported, including 297 impor...

The DAB on Thursday called on the government to double the amount of transitional housing available for people waiting for a public flat. This was among several ideas the party presented to Financial Secretary Paul Chan and his deputy Michael Wong ...

The observatory cancelled all storm signals at 4.10pm on Thursday after Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on moved into the mainland without coming as close to Hong Kong as originally expected. The Standby Signal No 1 had been in place for two hours, followi...

Hong Kong gradually got back to normal on Thursday as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-on moved further away from the city, with some residents saying the storm was not as strong as they had expected. A commuter on the Kowloon side of the Cross-Harbour Tunn...

The government has been urged to explain why it has decided to limit the number of people who can join upcoming mass sports events to 500. The call came from Dennis Ng, the executive director of the Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates (HK...

A member of the task force probing the horrific accident at last month's MIRROR concert on Thursday said miscommunication may have contributed to a giant video screen falling onto the stage, injuring two dancers. Louis Szeto from the Institution of ...

The Hong Kong Observatory downgraded its T8 signal to the No. 3 Strong Wind Signal at 9:20am on Thursday morning, as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-On moved away from Hong Kong after coming within 200 kilometres of the territory. The territory was left re...

The Hong Kong Observatory said it will downgrade the T8 signal sometime between 9 and 11am on Thursday as Severe Tropical Storm Ma-On starts moving away from Hong Kong after coming within 200 kilometres of the territory earlier. The observatory said...

The Education Bureau on Thursday suspended classes of all AM and whole-day schools due to the Gale Signal No.8 being in force. These categories of schools include kindergartens, schools for children with physical disability, schools for children with...

Citybus and New World First Bus say due to the Gale Signal No.8 being force, most of their buses will not be running. "All overnight routes of Citybus and NWFB are suspended," it said in a statement issued at 5 am on Thursday. "Except for Citybus Ro...

Hong Kong hunkered down on Thursday as severe tropical storm Ma-on barrelled past the SAR to the southwest on its way to the western coast of Guangdong. The Gale Signal No. 8, which was issued at 7.25 pm on Wednesday, is expected to remain in force...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 23 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. ...

Health secretary Lo Chung-mau on Wednesday urged private hospitals to take in more non-Covid patients so that public hospitals can free up more beds to tackle a rising caseload. He said more people are expected to be admitted to public hospitals, an...