The head of the Monetary Authority, Eddie Yue, said last week's high-profile investment summit is an indication of Hong Kong's significance to the global financial system, as it was almost a “mission impossible” to gather so many top bankers in o...

Gay rights activist Jimmy Sham has been given permission to take his fight to get Hong Kong to recognise overseas same-sex marriages to the city's top court. In 2018, Sham brought a judicial review in an attempt to get the SAR government to recognis...

Chief Executive John Lee on Thursday said the government will continue to look for room to further relax infection-control measures, while balancing the need to protect lives as well as the healthcare system. Speaking at the opening of the Asia Sum...

Police on Thursday said they have arrested eight men on suspicion of swindling people out of over HK$2.7 million by extracting their credit card details with phishing messages. At a press conference, officers said in the past three months, the alle...

The president of the Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong, Allen Shi, on Thursday called on the government to scrap the amber health code arrangement so the city can catch up with other places in opening up. At present, incoming travel...

The founder of a group that promotes hiking, conservation and wildlife in Hong Kong on Thursday called it absurd that camp sites in Hong Kong are still closed under anti-pandemic rules. Martin Williams, from Hong Kong Outdoors, made the comment afte...

A green group on Wednesday called on government departments to set their own carbon emission targets and lay out a more comprehensive roadmap to carbon neutrality. In its latest study, Greenpeace spoke to 74 departments in September about their carb...

An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a decision to allow a veteran British lawyer to defend media tycoon Jimmy Lai in his upcoming national security trial. Lai, 74, had earlier been granted permission by High Court Judge Jeremy Poon to engage Kin...

Health officials on Wednesday logged 5,068 new Covid infections, including 498 imported cases. The tally was up from 4,649 reported the day before. 13 patients with Covid have died, including a 31-month-old boy. _____________________________ USEF...

Police said they’ve arrested a teacher at a special needs school in Tai Po on Monday for allegedly falsely accusing her colleagues of abusing students. The force said the 48-year-old teacher of Hong Chi Pinehill No.2 School is suspected to have s...

Chief Executive John Lee says the key performance indicators proposed in his recent policy address show the government is committed to delivering results and will not work behind closed doors. Speaking on RTHK's Overview Policy show to be aired on W...

Education Secretary Christine Choi on Wednesday said Chinese University clearly followed regulations when it recently attempted to change its emblem. CUHK last month reverted back to the old emblem after a public backlash, with some lawmakers arguin...

An anti-tobacco advocate on Wednesday hailed the work of Hong Kong in bringing down the city's smoking rate over the past 40 years, but said more needs to be done to further deter people from lighting up. Dr Judith Mackay, director of the Asian Con...

The Secretary for the Civil Service, Ingrid Yeung, on Wednesday renewed her call for parents to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19, saying not enough have done so. On an RTHK programme, Yeung noted that children as young as six months ca...

Health officials on Tuesday said an elderly man infected with melioidosis died on Monday, becoming the ninth death involving a patient with the disease in Hong Kong this year. The man, 89, had suffered from a number of chronic illnesses, including ...

Health minister Lo Chung-mau said on Tuesday the government is considering completely banning future generations from buying tobacco products. He said one of the ways to go about this would be to raise the minimum legal age for buying cigarettes, s...

Hong Kong's only Sikh temple on Tuesday officially reopened its doors to the public after a five-year renovation. The Khalsa Diwan temple in Wan Chai was completely rebuilt over the past five years, after cracks were discovered at the old building ...

The Centre for Health Protection said on Tuesday that it had recorded another 4,649 coronavirus infections, including 399 involving arrivals to Hong Kong. Four more people who were infected with Covid-19 have died. Health authorities also said the...

A worker died on Tuesday after apparently being struck by steel bars that fell from a construction site in Tsim Sha Tsui. Police said the incident happened at around 12.30pm at a building site on Ashley Road. A 43-year-old man was taken to hospita...

A batch of government-subsidised homes is being put up for sale at between HK$1.2 million and HK$5.4 million, the Housing Authority announced on Tuesday. Nearly 9,000 new flats at seven estates are included in the latest round of the Home Ownership...