Health experts on Thursday said more than 30 soil samples collected from service reservoirs in Sham Shui Po tested positive for a bacterium that causes melioidosis, but they have still been unable to determine what caused an outbreak in the area. T...

Leading local banks HSBC and Hang Seng on Thursday announced higher interest rates after the latest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve. HSBC announced a second interest rate increase in more than a month and this time by a larger margin. From Frida...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Thursday rejected the idea that he has been given special treatment, after attending a bankers' summit despite testing positive for Covid. The government said Chan contracted the coronavirus in Saudi Arabia last week...

The High Court on Thursday rejected an attempt to challenge the government's amendment of the law to empower it to invalidate vaccine exemptions. The legal amendment was made last month, just days after Justice Russel Coleman ruled that the Prevent...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said on Thursday that the authorities have been monitoring local market volatility and have found no cause for alarm, as he touted Hong Kong as "the best financial centre in Asia" in a speech on the last day of the city'...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday announced that Hong Kong is “onstage again” and is ready to help build closer ties between other cities in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) and ASEAN cities. Lee was speaking at the Hong Kong-ASEAN summit, where h...

The Meteorological Society says it is rare for Hong Kong to have a No 8 typhoon signal in autumn, with Tuesday's warning the first in November for 50 years. Storm Nalgae earlier killed more than 100 people in the Philippines. But it was a more lackl...

The Observatory cancelled the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 an hour after issuing it at 5.20am on Thursday, as Nalgae moved away from Hong Kong. It said Nalgae had weakened into a tropical depression and made landfall over Zhuhai. At 6am, Nalgae was cen...

The Observatory has said it will downgrade the T8 signal at or before 5.20am on Thursday as tropical storm Nalgae moves away from Hong Kong and weakens. The Observatory said the T3 signal would be issued as the storm was forecast to skirt the southe...

The government has revealed that Financial Secretary Paul Chan tested positive upon arrival in Hong Kong on Tuesday evening, but stressed that he had recovered from Covid and therefore did not need to be isolated. The clarification came after Chan a...

The Observatory has announced that the No. 8 Gale or Storm Signal will remain in force until at least 5am on Thursday, as Tropical Storm Nalgae continued to approach the Pearl River Estuary. As of 1am, the storm was centred around 50 kilometres sout...

Health officials reported 4,709 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, including 430 imported cases. The daily infection tally was up from Tuesday, when officials reported 4,418 cases. Eight more patients with Covid have died.

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Wednesday told top global finance leaders that Hong Kong is confident in developing into a leading centre for green and sustainable finance, and for fintech. In a keynote speech at the Global Financial Leaders’ Inv...

The Hong Kong Observatory has issued the No.8 Gale or Storm Signal at 1.40pm on Wednesday, adding that the storm signal will remain in force before 10pm. At 7pm,Tropical Storm Nalgae was estimated to be about 100 kilometres south-southeast of Hong ...

Morgan Stanley chairman and CEO James Gorman said at the Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit in Hong Kong on Wednesday that the world will still face higher inflation and interest rates over the next few years. He said the global economy is ...

The Observatory says it will issue the No.8 Gale or Storm Signal at or before 1:40pm on Wednesday. At 11am, Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae was estimated to be about 200 kilometres southeast of Hong Kong and is forecast to move northwest at about 10 k...

Invest Hong Kong chief Stephen Phillips on Wednesday said the flurry of international events taking place in Hong Kong this week amplifies the message that Hong Kong is “well and truly back open for business.” Speaking on RTHK’s Hong Kong Toda...

The Travel Industry Council on Wednesday urged the government to relax social-distancing measures for incoming tour groups to allow people to visit places like theme parks and museums as soon as they arrive in the city. At present, inbound travelle...

Chief Executive John Lee on Wednesday told top-level bankers and financial industry leaders from around the world that "this is the moment" to do business in Hong Kong as the worst is behind the SAR and abundant opportunities await. “Opportunity a...

The Hong Kong Observatory has said the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 will remain in effect before noon on Wednesday, and that it will consider issuing the No 8. Gale or Storm Signal between noon and 2 pm. All school classes are suspended for the day in v...