Customs officers on Thursday said they had arrested a director of the cake shop chain Crostini which closed down without warning last week, leaving some customers with prepaid coupons they can't redeem. A man, 55, was arrested on suspicion of violat...

The driver of a cement mixer truck died on Thursday after his vehicle fell from a bridge in Cheung Sha Wan. A school bus ploughed into the truck, leaving the bus driver and three members of school staff onboard slightly injured. No children were on...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau said on Thursday that scrapping all quarantine and medical surveillance requirements is one option the government will consider when it comes to further opening up the border. At present, inbound travellers are require...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan warned on Thursday that the interest rate hike in the US will likely slow down external demand and hit Hong Kong’s exports, but said he doesn’t think it will lead to any sharp drop in the city’s property market. ...

A police clinical psychologist says telephone scammers are highly-trained professionals, who use psychological techniques to assert authority over their victims and isolate them. Woo Chin-pang urged people to be vigilant against scams, saying they we...

Police said they're investigating a fatal traffic accident in Tai Po on Wednesday night in which a 51-year-old man died. They said that at about 8.55pm, a taxi driven by the 51-year-old man had been travelling along Po Nga Road towards Tai...

The Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday a jaywalking case trial in 2018 was a waste of judicial time and resources, saying the deputy magistrate, the defence and the prosecution were all responsible for delaying trial. The court ruled that the legal...

The government on Tuesday issued compulsory testing notices for 67 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. T...

A physiotherapists’ group on Wednesday suggested that practitioners can directly treat patients without needing a doctor’s referral, saying this could reduce pressure on Hong Kong’s health system. Physiotherapists say this would give patients...

Police on Wednesday warned of a surge in fraud cases in which swindlers pose as government officials, in particular health officials. Officers said they recorded 956 phone scam cases in the first seven months of this year – 60 percent up on the sa...

Hong Kong on Wednesday logged 5,687 new Covid infections, including 146 imported cases. Over 2,400 patients are currently being treated in public hospitals, including 18 who are in intensive care. A chief manager of the Hospital Authority, Gladys ...

A government pandemic adviser, Lau Yu-lung, said on Wednesday that the baby version of the BioNTech coronavirus jab could be available in Hong Kong as early as next month. This comes after the government said it had received an application from the...

Police have arrested a doctor and three clinic workers after patients were allegedly given exemption certificates for Covid-19 jabs without having a medical consultation. Officers said they took action on Tuesday after receiving complaints regarding...

A former secretary for transport and housing has called for a "bolder" step from the current administration towards reducing quarantine for inbound travellers. Anthony Cheung from the Education University's Department of Asian and Policy Studies tol...

The government said on Tuesday that this month's meeting between officials and lawmakers at the Legislative Council has been postponed because of Covid. It would have been the third antechamber meeting at the legislature. A spokesman for the govern...

The government on Monday 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...

A survey by students at eight secondary schools has found their peers have relatively little awareness of the concept of sustainable consumption. More than 600 secondary school students were polled between January and February. Three-quarters thoug...

Hong Kong's Covid cases edged lower for the fourth straight day on Tuesday, to 5,594 new infections. Among them, 135 were imported cases. Seven more Covid patients have died. Health officials said a little more than 2,500 patients are being treate...

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 ...