Police said on Friday that a woman has reported losing almost HK$17 million in a cryptocurrency scam. The force said the 56-year-old sought their help on Monday, claiming a man had recommended her to buy HK$8.8 million worth of cryptocurrency throu...

Online radio presenter Wan Yiu-sing was on Friday jailed for two years and eight months by the District Court for sedition and money laundering. Wan, 54, who is better known as Giggs, earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act with seditious inten...

The Urban Renewal Authority on Friday announced plans for To Kwa Wan that it says will better connect the area and open up its waterfront, as it revealed that the owners of some properties affected may be given the chance to get involved in the devel...

Cathay Pacific began a two-day recruitment exercise in Mong Kok on Friday, with a "competitive" HK$9,100 monthly basic salary on offer for new cabin crew. The airline is looking to hire around 2,000 flight attendants in the next 18 to 24 months, to ...

New Director of Broadcasting Eddie Cheung on Friday pledged to lead RTHK to better fulfil its role as a public broadcaster while taking full advantage of emerging web technologies. Cheung, who was appointed as the head of the RTHK in August, told re...

The president of the Hong Kong Travel Agent Owners Association says the government needs to do more to encourage international carriers to come back to the SAR. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme, Freddy Yip welcomed the Tourism Board's p...

Officials say they're planning to double the levy stores must charge for plastic bags to HK$1 from December 31. The government is set to table a motion on doubling the plastic bag levy at the Legislative Council on October 19, and a vote is expected...

The High Court on Thursday sentenced a former policeman to four years in prison for repeatedly forcing his young son to perform indecent acts. The defendant, identified only as FSL to protect his son, had earlier been convicted by a jury of two cou...

Hong Kong recorded 4,318 new Covid infections on Thursday, including 325 imported cases. Six more Covid patients have died. Officials said 1,669 people with the virus were being treated in public hospitals, including 15 in intensive care. ________...

The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority on Thursday expressed concern that Hong Kong's poor economy could lead to companies failing to make contributions to their workers' accounts. It said there has been a rising trend of defaults since the ...

A 27-year-old man was on Thursday convicted of disclosing the personal information of his ex-girlfriend without her consent – in the first conviction under a new anti-doxxing regime which took effect last year. Ho Muk-wah pleaded guilty to seven ...

Cathay Pacific on Thursday rejected claims from the union representing the majority of its cockpit crew that an exodus of pilots has left it in no position to fully resume its operations, though the airline acknowledged that rebuilding capacity after...

Legendary Hong Kong film star Tony Leung said that after 40 years in the business, he's having more fun than ever playing diverse roles – though he's still hoping to be cast as a serial killer. Leung, who was awarded the "Asian Cineaste of the Yea...

Executive councillor Ronny Tong on Thursday said the government’s move to invalidate some 20,000 vaccine pass exemption certificates should not be considered a rule of law issue. Some people, including legislator Doreen Kong, have criticised the d...

Restaurant-goers on Thursday said they welcome the easing of social distancing rules at restaurants and bars, but called for more Covid measures to be scrapped as the pandemic eases. From Thursday, restaurants can seat 12 instead of eight diners at...

The Ombudsman has launched an investigation into the Development Bureau's handling of complaints regarding trees on government land. In a statement published on Thursday, the office said that from 2019 to 2021, the government's 1823 hotline received...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday said Hong Kong and neighbouring Shenzhen would work together to attract international talents and enterprises, as he hailed the opportunities presented by collaboration with nearby cities under the central governm...

The operator of a number of Covid vaccination centres has warned Hong Kong could see a flu surge this winter, and urged people to get their flu jabs to mitigate the effects of the virus. Dr Samuel Kwok, from Virtus Medical Group, told RTHK on Thurs...

Police said they have launched a new search engine to help the public detect scams after a surge in fraud cases. Officers said they'd recorded 14,160 technology-related crime cases in the first eight months of this year – 40 percent up from the sa...

The government on Wednesday expressed its strong opposition to a US Congressional report that said Hong Kong has changed "from an open city to a city of fear". The report by the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China cited interviews it cond...