Police said on Saturday that a man had been arrested on suspicion of using a self-storage space for drug trafficking. Officers said that based on intelligence, they stopped the suspect outside a storage unit in Kwai Chung on Friday. They allege tha...

The sole delegate to the country's top legislature, Tam Yiu-chung, said on Saturday that he hopes the quarantine period for travel to the mainland can be shortened by the end of the year. The mainland currently requires travellers from Hong Kong to ...

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui, on Saturday brushed aside comparisons of upcoming fintech events being held by Hong Kong and Singapore, saying the SAR is not scared of competition. This year's Hong Kong FinTe...

A social sciences scholar from the University of Hong Kong, Paul Yip, said on Saturday that nurturing local talent is just as important as attracting it from elsewhere. The Chief Executive, John Lee, has indicated that bringing international talent ...

A government advisor on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Saturday that he expects the daily Covid caseload to go up as more new variants emerge in Hong Kong. But the Chinese University professor stressed that people need not be overly concerned abo...

The Fire Services Department has rebuilt four 24-seater minibuses to help speed up the evacuation of care homes for the elderly and disabled. Deputy Chief Ambulance Officer Kwok Kin-Man told a press conference that the four rebuilt buses will help s...

Researchers say many elderly members of Hong Kong's South Asian community are struggling with language barriers, leaving them in difficulty when seeking medical treatment and unsure of how to access financial support, with matters made worse by the p...

Health officials on Friday said they have detected the first imported Covid cases of new sub-variants BA.4.6 and BQ.1.1. They also recorded three more cases involving the XBB strain, as well as one additional infection of BA.2.75.2. For the day, t...

A 63-year-old man died on Friday after he was trapped under a cement mixer that hit him in Yau Tong. The fatal accident happened on Tung Yuen Street at around 12:20pm, when the vehicle reportedly knocked the man down while making a turn into a cemen...

The man who launched a legal challenge to the government's attempt to invalidate 20,000 vaccine exemption certificates said on Friday he was appealing against a decision to deny him legal aid in the case. Kwok Cheuk-kin, known as the "king of judic...

Health Secretary Lo Chung-Mau said on Friday that relaxing a cap on the number of people allowed to gather in public would take time as it requires amendment of legislation as he pledged to be consistent in implementing Covid restrictions. Officials...

Scientific experts advising the government on Thursday recommended that authorities should bring in a new generation of Covid vaccine that targets Omicron variants. The experts pointed out that the BioNTech bivalent vaccine, which targets the Omicr...

The government on Thursday announced that venues such as restaurants and bars would be allowed to host live performances from next week, ending a two-and-a-half year ban, as officials revealed they're mulling easing a cap on the number of people allo...

RTHK learned on Thursday that a government-appointed committee has proposed raising the statutory minimum wage in Hong Kong from HK$37.5 to HK$40 per hour. The 6.7 percent hike is expected to come into force in May next year upon the Executive Counc...

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...