Customs officers and marine police on Sunday said they have arrested a 44-year-old man after seizing around 400 kilogrammes of frozen meat. In a joint operation on Saturday, the authorities said they spotted several men loading suspected smuggled g...

The Secretary for Security Chris Tang on Sunday said he had reservations over suggestions to wipe the criminal records of people convicted of protest-related charges. Speaking on a TV programme, Tang said about 3,000 thousand people were prosecuted...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Sunday that boosting the vaccination rate is the key to reopening the border, as the city faces headwinds such as a resurgence of Covid cases, a high external inflation rate and interest rate hikes in the US. Wr...

A special investigator looking into the financial affairs of Next Digital - the publisher of now-defunct Apple Daily - said on Sunday he thinks his appointment may have to be extended for a fourth time as the probe is still ongoing. Speaking to rep...

The government on Saturday issued compulsory testing notices for 66 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. ...

Hong Kongers headed out on Saturday to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival, with some saying the Covid situation has little impact on the festivities. People began arriving at West Kowloon Cultural District on Saturday afternoon to secure a good spot for ...

Health authorities said on Saturday it was difficult to predict whether infections would rise after the Mid-Autumn Festival, as Hong Kong again logged almost 10,000 new Covid infections for the day. Officials reported 9,787 infections, including 18...

Five speech therapists convicted of conspiring to publish seditious children's books were on Saturday sentenced to 19-month prison terms. Passing sentence, District Judge Kwok Wai-kin said the three picture books in question could sow seeds of unres...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said on Saturday he is confident that a high-level financial summit in November would be successful - even though Singapore is holding a similar conference around the same time. Speaking ...

The Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Kevin Yeung, said two international sports events - a snooker and a rugby sevens tournament - will be held in the city as scheduled, but the authorities have not decided if they will green-light the Stan...

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for 66 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 announced that from Saturday, outbound and transit passengers departing for overseas places and Taiwan will no longer be required to undergo temperature screening at the Hong Kong International Airport. Inbound passengers as well as ...

The government on Friday relaxed the quarantine arrangements for locally based air crew working on passenger flights. From Saturday, locally based air crew working on passenger flights to and from overseas places and Taiwan will have to to undergo ...

Hong Kong on Friday recorded 10,076 new Covid infections, including 9,922 local cases. Eleven patients with Covid, aged between 50 and 100, had died in the previous day. At present, 2,759 Covid patients are being treated at public hospitals. The ...

Police say they have successfully disposed of a naval mine from World War II found last month in waters east of Hong Kong Island. A diver discovered the mine 1.4 kilometres off Cape D'Aguilar near Shek O and alerted the authorities. Officers said i...

People in Hong Kong paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II on Friday, placing flowers outside the British Consulate and signing a book of condolence there. "The coins we used when we were young bore the queen's face, her presence was in our da...

Lawmakers have urged the government to further relax immigration requirements to allow arrivals to undergo seven days of health monitoring at home instead of having to quarantine at hotels, saying there's a need to roll out policies that keep up with...

Unionists have called on lawmakers to pass a bill that toughens penalties for employers who neglect occupational safety and cause the death or serious injury of employees, following the fatal crane accident on Anderson Road on Wednesday. At a press...

The government on Thursday welcomed Hong Kong again being ranked as the world's freest economy by the Canadian think-tank, the Frasier Institute, in its Economic Freedom of the World Annual Report. Hong Kong has gained the top rank since the report's...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 75 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. ...