Restaurant-goers on Sunday welcomed a new rule requiring groups of more than eight diners to present negative Covid tests, but operators said the measure is putting more stress on their staff. As part of the government’s effort to control the res...

Chief Secretary Eric Chan said on Sunday that he hoped extending mandatory testing to groups of more than eight people dining together at restaurants could help bring down Covid infections. He was speaking on a Commercial Radio programme on the day ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that Hong Kong’s economy is inevitably losing momentum due to a number of external factors. Writing in his blog, Chan said the SAR has to stablise the economy and adjust market expectations in light of...

Secretary for the Civil Service, Ingrid Yeung, said on Sunday that around 10 percent of children aged between six months and three years have had their Covid jabs since it became available to them earlier this month. She noted the government had im...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 68 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 authorities on Saturday said two children infected with Covid-19 – including a 17-month-old toddler who received his first Sinovac jab on Friday – were in a serious condition and receiving intensive care. The two cases were reported as Ho...

Chief Executive John Lee on Saturday held another consultation session with mainly public committee representatives, as he prepares for the ground for his first Policy Address on October 19. At the two-hour event in the Southern District, Lee was ur...

The Education Secretary Christine Choi on Saturday said the current Covid-19 situation was still under control and that she expected students to be able to have at least half-day lessons when the new school year starts next week. She told a radio sh...

A suicide prevention group on Saturday said that one of the reasons suicides amongst over-60s have been overlooked is that few elderly citizens are seeking help. The Samaritan Befrienders Hong Kong said less than 13 percent of calls they received t...

The Secretary for Environment and Ecology on Saturday said the government was reviewing how environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures are done, in a bid to improve and shorten them. Tse Chin-wan made the comments after the Advisory Council on...

A government pandemic advisor on Saturday defended the latest anti-epidemic measures, including the rule for banquet goers to show a negative rapid test result, saying this could reduce virus transmission. Lau Chak-sing made the comments after a med...

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 Suicide Prevention Services (SPS) on Friday said Hong Kong’s elderly suicide cases have hit a record-high last year, calling the situation "alarming". The NGO said the 446 cases recorded last year accounted for 44 percent of the city's overall...

The government on Friday said it will tighten testing requirements for people attending banquets, as well as staff working at regulated premises, including hair salons and sports venues, as Hong Kong recorded 7,665 new local Covid cases. Speaking at...

Security Secretary Chris Tang said on Friday that more suspected victims of human trafficking gangs are on the way home from Southeast Asia, as he stressed that Hong Kong has sufficient laws to combat the crime. Tang said authorities are now aware o...

Organisers of the Hong Kong Masters snooker tournament say they are in talks with the government about a bubble arrangement for participating international players. Some of the world's top players – including world number one Ronnie O'Sullivan, a...

CLP said on Friday that a fluorescent light catching fire was the most probable reason behind a power cable bridge fire in Yuen Long in June that caused a major blackout in northwestern New Territories. Some 160,000 households in Yuen Long, Tin Shui...

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...