Chief Executive John Lee said on Sunday that it was his constitutional duty to ask the central government to clarify whether overseas lawyers can handle national security cases in Hong Kong. Speaking at a seminar to mark the 40th anniversary of the...

Health officials on Sunday reported 9,487 new coronavirus cases, including 657 imported cases. The daily tally was down from the 10,111 reported on Saturday. Sixteen more people with Covid have died. Meanwhile, the Cluster Chief Executive of th...

Police are investigating why a song linked to violent protests in 2019 was played in place of the national anthem at the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships in Dubai on Friday. That’s according to acting sports commissioner, Paul Cheng, who ...

The government says it will livestream the memorial service for the late former president Jiang Zemin at various community facilities on Tuesday morning. The service will be held at 10am at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. In a statement,...

The Transport Secretary, Lam Sai-hung, said on Sunday that the government would have to analyse any changes in traffic flow, before it considered imposing congestion charges at peak hours. The Western Harbour Crossing transfers to public ownership i...

Hong Kong's six disciplinary services on Sunday held a flag-raising ceremony to mark the 40th anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of the Chinese constitution. The flags were then lowered to half-staff to mourn the passing of former p...

A Beijing official on Saturday said China has gone through a few major challenges in the past five years, including the pandemic and the unstable situation in Hong Kong back in 2019. Shen Chunyao, who chairs the Legislative Affairs Commission of the...

Health authorities reported 10,111 new Covid infections on Saturday, of which 497 were imported. Seventeen more patients with Covid have died. Among the more than 2,700 patients in hospital, 52 were said to be in critical condition, with 15 of them...

The District Court on Saturday found eleven people guilty of rioting near the Polytechnic University in 2019. The defendants were among 213 people arrested on the evening of November 18, 2019, when heated conflicts broke out between anti-extradition...

A senior mainland official said on Saturday that Hong Kong plays an irreplaceable role in the country's Belt and Road Initiative. Wang Linggui, a deputy director at Beijing's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, made the comment in a recorded speech...

A government advisor on the pandemic, David Hui, said on Saturday that he expects the current wave of Covid cases to peak in a week or two. The Chinese University professor said there's no need to worry about the epidemic situation, saying most infe...

There's been another case of a song linked with violent protests in 2019 being wrongly played in the place of the national anthem at an international sporting event involving Hong Kong athletes. The latest incident took place on Friday at the Asian ...

A nurse was jailed for six months on Friday for issuing coronavirus vaccination records to six people without jabbing them at a community vaccination centre in February. Carmen Ho, 34, was charged with conspiracy to defraud. Kwun Tong Magistrate Mi...

The government says all its staff will observe three minutes of silence during the memorial service for former president Jiang Zemin on Tuesday. “To express our deep condolences to President Jiang, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gover...

The chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission (EAC), David Lok, said on Friday that officials will look into making election laws and guidelines easier to follow. In his first meeting with the press since taking up his new role in August, Lok sai...

Tributes continued to pour in for the late former president Jiang Zemin at the central government's liaison office, with politicians and business leaders among those paying their respects. Those visiting the mourning hall at the liaison office on F...

Health authorities reported 9,996 new Covid infections on Friday, of which 637 were imported. Eleven more patients with Covid have died. Meanwhile, the SAR confirmed another melioidosis infection in the past week, bringing the tally this year to 3...

Director of Intellectual Property David Wong on Friday said the government will press ahead with a raft of measures to protect intellectual property and nurture young IP talent. Speaking to RTHK at the 12th Business of Intellectual Property Asia Fo...

The MTR Corporation (MTRC) on Friday came under fire during a Legco panel meeting, with lawmakers complaining that the firm did not prevent an accident that saw two pairs of doors ripped off a train at Yau Ma Tei Station last month. Business and Pro...

Part of Sai Ying Pun is to be redeveloped to add open space and make way for around 180 new homes, the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announced on Friday. The site at Queen's Road West and Kwai Heung Street covers an area of nearly 14,000 square fee...