Everyone in Hong Kong must know how to respect and safeguard China’s fundamental system, Justice Secretary Paul Lam said on Monday, adding that this is a prerequisite for One Country, Two Systems to be thoroughly implemented. At a forum on One Cou...

The government on Monday said Financial Secretary Paul Chan has tested negative for Covid under a rapid antigen test and will return to Hong Kong. In a statement, authorities said Chan, who is currently in Saudi Arabia, will board a flight within th...

The Strong Wind Signal No. 3 took effect at 4:20pm on Monday as Several Tropical Storm Nalgae edges closer to Hong Kong. At 4pm, Nalgae was about 630 kilometres south-southeast of the SAR and was forecast to move north-northwest at about 10 kilometr...

A survey of people with chronic illnesses has found that around 60 percent who caught Covid-19 felt their general health condition worsened despite recovering from the virus. The Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation said it carried out an online sur...

The Strong Wind Signal No 3 will be issued between 4pm and 5pm, the observatory said on Monday afternoon, as Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae moved closer to Hong Kong. The observatory forecast that Nalgae would edge "rather close" to the vicinity of th...

A University of Hong Kong epidemiologist says remaining Covid-19 travel restrictions are having a negligible impact on the pandemic situation in the city and that there would be little risk in dropping them. New arrivals in Hong Kong still have to ...

The Observatory says it will consider issuing the strong wind signal number 3 between 4pm and 7pm on Monday as a severe tropical storm edges closer to the coast of Guangdong. The weather forecaster issued the standby signal number one on Sunday nigh...

An executive director of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Darryl Chan, says the SAR’s Global Financial Leaders Investment Summit, which starts on Tuesday, is a sign to the rest of the world that Hong Kong is reconnecting and reopening. Speaking ...

The Observatory issued the Standby Signal Number 1 on Sunday night, and said the signal will stay in force at least before 10am on Monday. It issued the alert at 10.10pm. Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae is forecast to enter the northern part of the ...

The Observatory said it will issue the Standby Signal No. 1 later on Sunday night. It said Tropical Cyclone Nalgae has entered within 800 kilometres of Hong Kong and is expected to move towards the northern part of the South China Sea. Forecaster...

Health officials on Sunday reported 5,210 new coronavirus cases, including 478 imported infections. The daily infection tally was slightly down from Saturday, when officials reported 5,383 cases. Twelve more people infected with Covid-19 had died....

Police on Sunday called on revellers who plan to celebrate Halloween in Lan Kwai Fong to avoid gathering on steep slopes and steps. The call came after the deadly stampede in Seoul on Saturday that killed more than 150 people and injured over 80 ot...

Customs officers and the Centre for Food Safety on Sunday said they have seized 2,700 kilogrammes of suspected smuggled hairy crabs and about 4 kilogrammes of crawfish worth HK$1.3 million. Authorities said in a joint operation on Friday, officers s...

A green group on Sunday expressed its disappointment with the government's “enhanced” voluntary scheme on external lighting, which will ask shop owners to switch off their outdoor lights an hour earlier at night. Under the existing Charter on E...

Financial services secretary Christopher Hui has expressed confidence that this week's Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit can showcase Hong Kong's advantages, despite US politicians slamming guests who attend the event, citing human rights c...

Chief Executive John Lee on Sunday said he was saddened after a stampede at a Halloween event in the South Korean capital killed more than 150 people and injured around 150 more. “It is with sadness that we learnt of the tragedy in Seoul, Korea. I...

The sole delegate to the country's top legislature, Tam Yiu-chung, said Hong Kong needs to do more to tackle deep-rooted conflicts and integrate into the country’s overall development. In his latest interview with the Bauhinia Magazine, Tam said ...

Health officials on Saturday reported 5,383 new Covid infections, including 372 imported cases. The daily infection figure was slightly down from Friday, when officials reported 5,656 cases. Eight more patients have died with Covid. _______________...

Customs officials have made its largest methamphetamine trafficking bust in Hong Kong's history, seizing a HK$1.1 billion haul of the suspected drug in Kwai Chung. Officials on Saturday said 1.8 tonnes of suspected liquid meth had been concealed in ...

Constitutional and Mainland Affairs minister Erick Tsang on Saturday said key post-holders in statutory bodies and public utilities may have to swear allegiance to the SAR. He told a radio programme that authorities are reviewing the oath-taking pol...