Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Kevin Yeung said on Saturday that it's unacceptable and unbelievable that the name of a song associated with the violent protests of 2019 was substituted for that of the National Anthem during television broa...

Hong Kong on Saturday reported 8,060 new coronavirus infections, including 501 imported cases. It's the third consecutive day on which the SAR's daily Covid caseload has exceed the 8,000 mark. The Centre for Health Protection said the majority o...

Chief Executive John Lee on Saturday met Vietnam's president, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Bangkok, with both leaders describing the territories as very close partners. The meeting was the latest of Lee's bilateral discus...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun on Saturday played down concerns that importing foreign carers to work in Hong Kong will put local workers at a disadvantage. In Chief Executive John Lee's maiden Policy Address, he suggested allowing all c...

Hospital Authority Chief Executive Tony Ko cautioned that some services will inevitably have to be cut if the number of Covid cases remains high. He made the comments on Saturday after Hong Kong reported more than 8,000 new infections on both Thurs...

The Caritas Medical Centre on Friday said it’s made a report to the police over allegations of patients being treated inappropriately by two of its staff. In a statement, it said it had earlier received a complaint alleging that two patients had ...

The government announced on Friday that inbound tour group travellers holding an amber health code can now dine at designated eateries. In a statement, officials said licensed travel agents are required to submit applications to the Travel Industry...

Medical and health services lawmaker David Lam on Friday suggested that there should be specific public service requirements for different professions in the sector. Lam was referring to the government's proposal to make all medical staff work in th...

A group of Hong Kong tourists headed to Taiwan on Friday for the first time since the start of the pandemic, after the island eased Covid restrictions for travellers from the SAR. Taiwan authorities announced earlier this month that Hong Kong peopl...

Hong Kong on Friday reported 8,008 new Covid-19 infections, of which 507 were imported. The daily caseload dropped slightly from the 8,052 announced the day before. Eight more patients with Covid have died. _____________________________ USEFUL LI...

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday had a bilateral meeting with the Indonesian president Joko Widodo during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, with both parties expressing a desire to foster relations between the two plac...

The Hong Kong Toilet Association on Friday said while the overall hygiene of the city’s public washrooms has “definitely improved” after the government stepped up refurbishment efforts, more could be done to keep them clean. The group invited...

Lawmakers on Friday passed a motion of thanks for Chief Executive John Lee's maiden policy address, following a three-day debate on the blueprint. The passage came in the form of a show of hands as no councillor called for a vote by open ballot. Wh...

Police say they have arrested three more people in connection with a hit-and-run in Yuen Long last week that left a teenager seriously injured. A 14-year-old suffered multiple injuries when he was hit by a car near Castle Peak Road on November 7. ...

Former RTHK producer Bao Choy was on Friday told she can take her unlawful car licence plate search case to Hong Kong's top court. Earlier this month, the Court of Appeal upheld Choy's conviction for making false statements when accessing the gover...

Infectious disease specialist Leung Chi-chiu on Friday backed the government’s decision to halve the number of compulsory PCR tests for airport arrivals to two, saying he does not see the move affecting the local epidemic. "Imported infections, w...

Operation Santa Claus (OSC), an annual charity campaign jointly run by Radio Television Hong Kong and South China Morning Post, is raising funds for 15 charitable projects to help the needy. Marking its 35th anniversary, the annual campaign has rais...

A child welfare organisation on Thursday called on the government to beef up measures to tackle child abuse, such as reviewing penalties for abusers and speeding up legislation work to make reporting child abuse mandatory. Against Child Abuse said ...

Chief Executive John Lee has arrived in Bangkok for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum that begins on Friday. Lee told reporters that he greeted President Xi Jinping at the airport there. "I believe we'll have the chance...

Health authorities have warned that the number of local Covid-19 infections has risen significantly over the past week, adding that the first batch of BioNTech bivalent booster vaccine is expected to arrive at the end of the month. Officials also a...