Self-exiled politician Ted Hui was on Thursday sentenced in absentia to three and a half years in prison for failing to attend court while on bail. Hui was given permission to travel overseas when he was granted bail after appearing in court to fac...

Civil service minister Ingrid Yeung says she doesn't expect many children between the ages of five and 11 to be barred from entering regulated places like restaurants when the vaccine pass requirement is extended to cover them. From September 30, c...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Thursday said more than 30 leaders of global financial institutions will attend a summit it plans to host in the SAR on November 2. The authority’s chief executive, Eddie Yue, said top executives and chairs woul...

A counsellor says people seeking treatment for gambling addiction at his centre are getting younger and racking up bigger debts. Godfrey Ip from the Zion Social Service says that during the pandemic there has been a shift to gambling online, where...

A second staff member at a Po Leung Kuk childcare home in Causeway Bay has been suspected of child abuse. The Social Welfare Department said on Wednesday evening this came to light amid an investigation into a suspected abuse case that surfaced earl...

The Hospital Authority (HA) is relaxing its visiting restrictions for 26 public hospitals as the Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong stabilises. From Friday, patients at lower risks of infection will be given a one-hour visit each day, with a quota of t...

The government will start offering free flu shots to residents aged 50 or above at its Covid-19 community vaccination centres starting October 6. "Given that the local seasonal influenza activity has been staying at low levels since February 2020, ...

Hong Kong reported 3,911 new Covid infections on Wednesday, including 208 imported cases. Fourteen more Covid patients – aged between 57 and 97 – have died. The Hospital Authority said eight of them had not been vaccinated. _________________...

The head of the Hong Kong Doctors Union on Wednesday backed the government's decision to annul vaccine pass exemption certificates issued by seven private doctors accused of issuing them without holding medical consultations. Some 20,000 people affe...

Lawmakers have urged the government to beef up measures to prevent child abuse at foster homes, following a scandal at the Children’s Residential Home in Prince Edward in which more than 30 former staff had been prosecuted. The legislators – fr...

Regina Ip says she thinks the amber health code requirement for incoming travellers will be dropped next month, in light of a falling number of Covid infections and hospitalisations. The amber code bans people from going to restaurants, bars and a...

An expert on children’s development on Wednesday called for more training and support for parents, teachers and childcare workers to help prevent abuse. The suggestion from Commission on Children member Patrick Ip comes after a number of abuse cas...

Customs officers on Wednesday said they have arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of laundering HK$370 million. The man was accused of setting up 15 accounts at various banks, and opening a shell company to handle over 1,500 suspicious transactio...

A pedestrian died and five other people were injured after a lorry hit a number of vehicles on Tuesday night before running onto a pavement in Kwun Tong. The truck rammed into the front of a Bank of China branch before finally coming to a halt. P...

Police said on Tuesday night that they have arrested two men on suspicion of "doing an act or acts with seditious intention." Investigators alleged that the men, aged 18 and 29, are suspected of publishing social media posts to spread messages that...

Health experts on Tuesday called on patients with heart or cardiovascular problems not to scale back on exercise during the pandemic, warning that the lack of physical activity could increase the risk of death. The Hong Kong College of Cardiology (H...

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) on Tuesday said it has done its best to help a recycling firm which is set to lose its base at a Yuen Long industrial estate that is being developed into a high-tech park. Mil Mill, which is Hong Kong's...

The government announced on Tuesday that it will stop recognising the vaccination pass exemption certificates from seven private doctors who are accused of issuing the documents without holding medical consultations. In a statement, authorities said...

Health authorities on Tuesday reported 3,667 new coronavirus cases, including 193 imported infections. Six more people infected with Covid-19 have died. Meanwhile, more than 1,900 coronavirus patients remain in public hospitals for treatment. 13 o...

A man who pulled out of a suicide pact with his parents has been jailed for five and a half years after pleading guilty to helping the pair kill themselves. The High Court heard that the parents of gambling addict Lau Ka-wai, 43, had sold their Yue...