A youth services group on Thursday urged the government to strengthen anti-drug education, after its study showed a significant jump in the number of online posts about cannabis products in the past year. The study, led by the Hong Kong Federation ...

A former engineer was on Thursday jailed for five years after he admitted to stabbing a police officer during a riot in Causeway Bay two years ago. District Court judge Frankie Yiu said Wong Kwan-wa was among 300 people who took part in a protest, w...

An expert panel advising the government on Covid-19 vaccines will meet on Thursday afternoon to decide on the appropriate time interval between the BioNTech jabs tailored for babies and young children. That’s according to Lau Yu-lung, who is also...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday said exciting times lay ahead for the SAR and hailed an increase in international travel since hotel quarantine for new arrivals was dropped, but he cautioned that further reopening would require a careful balanc...

A charity which focuses on eye care said Hong Kong people have not been paying enough attention to their eye health, after its survey found that more than half of respondents had never checked their eyes. Orbis and the Hong Kong Ophthalmological So...

Health authorities on Wednesday reported 4,788 new Covid-19 infections, including 368 imported cases. The daily tally was slightly up from the 4,656 recorded on Tuesday. Among the imported infections, the Centre for Health Protection said it has i...

The government on Wednesday authorised the use of the baby and toddler version of the BioNTech coronavirus jab, but it says it is not sure when the vaccine will be supplied to Hong Kong. At present, the BioNTech shot is only given to those aged fi...

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...