A High Court judge on Tuesday reserved a ruling on whether to order the coroner's court to open an inquest into the Lamma Ferry disaster in 2012 that killed 39 people. The coroner's court had decided back in 2020 that it would not look into Hong Kon...

A Beijing official overseeing Hong Kong affairs said on Tuesday that's it's not very appropriate for people to say that there is a wave of emigration from the SAR. At a press briefing in Beijing, Huang Liuquan pointed to population statistics as he ...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Tuesday his administration is actively studying changes to Covid rules for inbound travelers so as to create the maximum connection with the rest of the world. Some health experts, including government pandemic advi...

The Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates on Tuesday appeared to reverse its decision to cancel the next Hong Kong Marathon, saying it could be held in February next year. On Friday the association said the event, originally planned for Nove...

The government on Monday 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. Th...

An expert advisor to the government on the pandemic, Yuen Kwok-yung, says Covid-19 has become endemic and the authorities should start relaxing restrictions to let life return to normal. The top microbiologist made the remarks in an article he penn...

Police have charged the chairman of the Journalists Association, Ronson Chan, with obstructing officers. He will appear in the West Kowloon Court on Thursday for mention. Chan was arrested earlier this month while he was reporting on a meeting of p...

Hong Kong's only beverage carton recycling firm has warned that the 13 tonnes of waste it deals with each day will end up in landfill sites if it's forced to close down, after it was told to leave its base at an industrial estate in Yuen Long. Mil M...

Hong Kong's daily Covid infections have continued to edge down, with health officials reporting 6,260 new cases on Monday. 174 of the infections were imported. More than 2,600 Covid patients are now being treated in public hospitals, including 17 ...

Hong Kong's unemployment eased for a fourth straight month as domestic activities further picked up, but the government warned that tightened financial conditions may limit the degree of improvement in the labour market. New official data released ...

The MTR Corporation on Monday said it will start installing automatic platform gates at Racecourse Station and Tai Po Market Station on the East Rail Line in the middle of next year. Allen Ding, a general manager with the MTR, said the design of th...

Sports Commissioner Yeung Tak-keung on Monday said he's unsure why organisers of the Hong Kong Marathon are cancelling November's race, adding that the government is willing to provide assistance if they decide to reschedule the event instead. Spea...

Police said they have established a new centre to speed up the handling of technology crime and deception cases to effectively utilise investigative resources. Officers said in an interview last week that deception cases have become the prevalent cr...

The government on Sunday issued compulsory testing notices for 64 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...

New coronavirus infections fell for a second day to 7,322, Hong Kong health authorities announced on Sunday. Among the newly reported cases, 132 were imported. More than 2,600 coronavirus patients remained under treatment in public hospitals, 16 o...

Commerce secretary Algernon Yau said on Sunday Hong Kong will surely become a main business partner with Cambodia, as they create more opportunities in the region, on the mainland and the Greater Bay Area. The minister said Hong Kong is ready for g...

A government adviser on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Sunday that Hong Kong could relax entry requirements again if Covid cases continue to fall and the healthcare system can cope. He was speaking a day after the Secretary for Health, Lo Chung-ma...

Labour representatives on Sunday called for the prompt passage of a job safety bill that significantly raises the maximum penalty for serious violations. Right now, the maximum penalty is HK$500,000 and 12 months in jail, but the government propose...

Police on Sunday announced the seizure of around 900 kilos of cannabis buds during a recent anti-narcotics operation, the largest haul of the drug on record. A kilogramme of methamphetamine was also found in the raids, pushing the total value of t...

Executive councillor Jeffrey Lam called on Sunday for the government to relax inbound travel rules as soon as possible, saying it's too late to leave it until the end of the year. His appeal came two days after the organisers of the Hong Kong Marath...