Eight people were given jail sentences of between 44 and 56 months on Friday for taking part in a riot near the Polytechnic University during the 2019 social unrest. The defendants, aged between 21 and 63, are Cheung Wing-sheung, Lam Chin-ching, Liu...

The Registration and Electoral Office (REO) said on Friday that it has strengthened its data security measures ahead of December’s Legislative Council by-election. During a Legco panel meeting to discuss the upcoming polls, Business and Profession...

Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said the government will try to keep an expected increase in electricity charges to a minimum. One of the city's power firms, CLP, said on Wednesday that tariff increases are "unavoidable" next year...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam has defended the government’s decision to amend the law to empower the health secretary to invalidate Covid vaccine exemption certificates, saying it is legal, reasonable and best serves public interests. “We are f...

Civil service minister Ingrid Yeung on Friday says tens of thousands of government workers could be called up to deal with major incidents, with practice drills to begin early next year. Speaking on an RTHK radio programme, Yeung said officials were...

The head of the Lan Kwai Fong group on Friday welcomed the government's decision to end restrictions on opening hours for bars and restaurants, but said the end of border restrictions and the return of tourists would making a vital difference to the ...

A 52-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday following a high-speed car chase by the police from West Kowloon to Tuen Mun Road. The force said shortly before noon, a patrolling vehicle spotted the licence of a car travelling on the West Kowloon Corr...

Bars and restaurants will be allowed to open all hours from next week while public barbecue pits will also reopen after the government announced its latest easing of social distancing regulations on Thursday. Officials said the easing was possible b...

Ocean Park announced on Thursday that it will hold its annual Conservation Day next month with a call to save freshwater turtles. Speaking at a kick-off ceremony for the event, Michael Boos, the director of the Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, s...

Cyclists can start signing up from Saturday for the Hong Kong Cyclothon, which will be held on December 18 after a four-year break. The Tourism Board, which co-organises the event, said on Thursday it will feature 3,000 cyclists on a 50-kilometre ro...

The government said international misunderstanding may be behind Hong Kong's fall in an annual index measuring rule of law as they vowed to step up efforts to better explain the situation here. The World Justice Project, which compiles the index, sc...

A man was jailed for four years and three months on Thursday for his role in the mob attack in and around Yuen Long MTR station in July 2019. Ching Wai-ming, 64, was convicted of rioting and conspiracy to wound at the District Court. Deputy judge N...

The former convenor of the Executive Council, Bernard Chan, on Thursday called on the government to do more to attract talent, saying the city is currently stuck in a “bottleneck” as a result of the 2019 social unrest and Covid pandemic. Speaki...

The Secretary for Culture, Kevin Yeung, said on Thursday that one possible reason that an award was not presented at a government literature competition was because the three works being considered didn't comply with the law. No prize was awarded i...

A man on Thursday filed for a judicial review to challenge the government's changing of the law to empower it to invalidate vaccine exemptions. Kwok Cheuk-kin said he thinks there should be a mechanism to appeal against such legal amendments, which ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Thursday tested positive for Covid-19. He's visiting Riyadh in Saudi Arabia and tested positive in a rapid antigen test. Chan is scheduled to complete his visit and depart for Hong Kong today. In a statement, th...

The government was on Thursday urged to relax infection-control measures for tour groups so they can visit restaurants, theme parks, museums and other places once they arrive. The call was made by tourism sector lawmaker Perry Yiu, who said the amb...

The Monetary Authority's chief executive on Thursday said it was crucial for Hong Kong to have a clear roadmap towards normality and to not revert to tighter anti-epidemic measures, in order to strengthen overseas confidence in the city. During inte...

Treasury minister Christopher Hui on Thursday said financial industry professionals who left Hong Kong during the pandemic are returning after the SAR dropped hotel quarantine requirements, as the government seeks to attract talent in a range of indu...

Executive Council convenor Regina Ip said on Thursday that she supported the idea of removing a reference to "political neutrality" from the code of conduct for civil servants, saying that loyalty to the government should take precedence. Secretary ...