Customs officers on Friday said they had seized suspected illicit cigarettes worth around HK$100 million, arresting a man in the operation. The department said it had intercepted a truck and raided containers in Lau Fau Shan near Tin Shui Wai on Mon...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang says a dozen Hongkongers believed to have fallen prey to human trafficking gangs are still believed to be detained in Southeast Asia, but they have all had some form of contact with the authorities and are thought to...

The closure of a mainland music tutoring platform has left 33 families in Hong Kong out of pocket, the Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) said on Friday. VIP Peilian was one of the largest online music tutoring platforms on the mainland and was endors...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau says he's been "telling the good stories of Hong Kong" to people he meets during a trip to Cambodia. In a Facebook post, Yau's bureau said the secretary paid a courtesy visit to China's am...

The Court of Appeal on Friday granted part of an application by the police to submit new evidence in a case relating to the force's policy on officers displaying their insignia. In November 2020, the High Court ruled that police officers failing to...

The driver and nanny of a school bus escaped with only minor injuries on Friday after a huge tree fell onto their vehicle in Ho Man Tin. The incident happened at about 7.40am outside Hop Yat Church School on Perth Street. The tree smashed the fron...

The M+ Museum will start charging visitors from November 12, ending a one-year waiver for admission fees. In a statement on Thursday, the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority said a general admission ticket for adults will cost $120, with conce...

The government on Thursday issued compulsory testing notices for 60 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. ...

Police late on Thursday said they believe a man whose body was discovered in Ta Kwu Ling was killed eight to ten days ago, adding that he was not kidnapped as previously reported. Officers have been investigating the case since last Monday after th...

Health authorities said on Thursday daily coronavirus figures have risen slightly after the Mid-Autumn Festival, as the number of new cases surpassed the 8,000 mark. There were 8,187 new Covid infections reported for the day, including 164 were imp...

The government should pay Hongkongers to have babies and offer subsidies to encourage people to freeze their eggs or sperm for later use, the New People's Party said on Thursday. The party put forward the ideas as it called for measures in the chief...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau on Thursday refuted suggestions that Covid-19 is as mild as flu, calling such comments misleading. Writing on his blog, he hit back at medical experts who pointed out that the latest fatality rate of the coronavirus in ...

The Competition Commission is taking legal action against a seasoning manufacturer for allegedly imposing a minimum resale price when supplying MSG powder to its two main local distributors. It is the first time the commission is bringing a case of ...

Police have found the body of man believed to have been kidnapped near a village in Ta Kwu Ling on Thursday, sources said. Family members of the jobless man was said to have received a call earlier this month which claimed the victim, 51, had been a...

The Consumer Council said on Thursday that over 90 percent of margarine and spreads it has examined contain substances that can cause cancer. Out of 16 samples of margarine and spreads containing vegetable oil, 15 were found to have genotoxic carci...

The Consumer Council said on Thursday the wording on almost 90 percent of food labels it examined was so small that even people with normal eyesight might require a magnifying glass. The council examined 55 pre-packaged food items and said 48 of the...

A catering trade representative on Thursday warned there may be more closures coming from his sector, after the abrupt folding of bakery chain Crostini this week. The chain earlier cited the “bad” business environment in Hong Kong over the past...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said on Thursday that he will seek to "tell the good stories of Hong Kong" when he visits Cambodia this week. Speaking to reporters at the airport before his departure from Hong Kong, Yau ...

The founder and Chief Executive of Centaline Property Group, Shih Wing-ching, says he expects at least a 15 percent fall in local property prices over the next 12 months due to higher interest rates. The US Federal Reserve looks set to increase rates...

The government on Wednesday issued compulsory testing notices for 60 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. ...