Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk said he thinks the streets on Hong Kong Island have improved in cleanliness, after taking a stroll from Shau Kei Wan to Western. Writing on his social media on Wednesday, Cheuk described his 4.5-hour walk with hi...

Eastern Court on Wednesday opted against jailing a social worker who admitted slapping, choking and pulling the hair of a special-needs pupil at the school where he worked, instead imposing a community service order. Mak Yan-fung, 30, will have to c...

Hong Kong's construction workers will get pay rises of up to 12.5 percent after a three-year freeze, a union announced on Wednesday, although it cautioned that the increase won't be enough to fill a labour shortfall in the industry. The Hong Kong Co...

Education professionals on Wednesday called on officials to revise guidelines for school flag-raising ceremonies to offer clarity on how pupils who fail to respect national emblems should be penalised. The calls follow a decision by a school in Tsue...

Police said on Wednesday they had issued 36 fixed-penalty tickets to men who the force says were found to be flouting Covid curbs during a raid by anti-triad officers at a restaurant in Tin Shui Wai. Officers entered the restaurant in Shan Tung Stre...

A 68-year-old man died on Tuesday evening after being hit by a car while crossing the road in Tai Po. The incident happened at about 6.30 pm on Tuesday, as the car was heading towards Tai Wo Estate along Ting Kok Road. The man suffered serious head...

Former Chief Executive CY Leung has stressed the need to address what he sees as misunderstandings about Hong Kong by foreign investors. Speaking on Tuesday at a forum on the SAR's development, Leung said while the further relaxation of Covid travel...

The Centre for Health Protection on Tuesday reported 4,656 new Covid cases, including 373 imported infections. Hong Kong's daily tally was slightly down from the 4,874 recorded on Monday. Health officials also reported the deaths of nine more Covid...

A High Court judge has put on hold the invalidation by the government of some 20,000 Covid-19 vaccination exemption certificates issued by seven private doctors, pending a legal challenge. Justice Russell Coleman on Tuesday issued an interim relief ...

Hong Kong tourists packed on to flights to Japan on Tuesday to make the most of the country's newly-eased Covid restrictions, with some travellers revealing they'd been left sleepless and excited by the prospect of finally getting back to one of the ...

Chief Executive John Lee on Tuesday said he will just "laugh off" sanctions imposed on Hong Kong officials, saying such actions are "barbaric". "The so-called sanction imposed on people in Hong Kong without justification, it is a very barbaric act. ...

Government pandemic advisor Lau Yu-lung said on Tuesday that the new Covid subvariant, XBB.1, is more likely to become the dominant strain in Hong Kong than BA.2.75.2, as he called on members of the public to get jabbed as soon as possible. He made...

A secondary school in Tsuen Wan confirmed late on Monday that it had suspended 14 pupils for three days, saying that they disrespected the national anthem and emblem by failing to turn up for a flag-raising ceremony. St Francis Xavier's School said...

Hong Kong has for the first time reported imported cases of new Covid subvariants BA.2.75.2 and XBB.1. Health authorities said a case of sub-lineage BA.2.75.2 and another of sub-lineage XBB.1 were identified by the Department of Health's laboratory....

Police say robbers made off with a necklace worth HK$20 million after threatening jewellery store staff with a knife in a lunchtime heist in Tsim Sha Tsui on Monday. Chief Inspector Yau Yu-sing of the Yau Tsim Mong District crime squad said two men ...

Two advocacy groups on Monday said brownfield sites could offer a quick solution to Hong Kong's housing problems as they called on the government to set a roadmap for their development in next week's Policy Address. Greenpeace and the Liber Researc...

The High Court on Monday granted leave to hear a challenge against Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau’s decision to invalidate more than 20,000 Covid-19 vaccination exemption certificates. The application for a judicial review was filed by Kwok Cheuk-...

A study by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) showed a surge in the risk of depression and anxiety among elderly people during the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic compared with two years ago. Researchers under the Jockey Club Holistic Support Pro...

People who cash in by hogging bookings for public sports and recreation facilities are to face tougher penalties including lengthy bans as officials clamp down on touting activities, the government said on Monday. The Leisure and Cultural Services ...

Medical experts on Monday sought to allay concerns over a rebound in the number of Covid-19 infections in Hong Kong, as they suggested that the government buy a new vaccine that targets two Omicron sub-variants. The daily tally of new Covid infecti...