Xia Baolong, the Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, will arrive in Hong Kong on Tuesday for a two-day visit, the government said on Monday. The senior Beijing official will inspect Hong Kong's alignment with the National 15th Five-Y...

Technology minister Sun Dong on Sunday said a real-time chat between Hong Kong residents and the city’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying could be arranged in one to two months at the earliest. Speaking on a Commercial Radio programme, he said the gover...

The first facilities at the Hetao industrial zone are already operating, and the leasing situation is satisfactory, the Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi, said on Saturday. Choi, who also chairs Hong Kong-Shenzhe...

China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall and rapid glacier melt. Xinjiang's Taklamakan Desert, China's larg...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said he's optimistic about Hong Kong's future development, citing its advantages over New York and Silicon Valley because of its close proximity to the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Chan on Friday joined a dialogue session at...

Six key topics have been highlighted in the public consultation document for the SAR’s first five-year plan for public discussion. One of them is to speed up the development of Northern Metropolis. In the document, the government said the bluepri...

The government on Monday said its hope in adopting a "railway plus property development" model for the planned smart and green transit system in East Kowloon is to ease the financial pressure on the eventual operator. Authorities said last week thre...

The Consumer Council is urging hotels, guesthouses and booking platforms to improve their services after receiving around 1,000 related complaints each year – covering various types of issues. Of the complaints, those relating to booking changes a...

Hong Kong on Monday launched a two-month public consultation for its first five-year plan, with the goal of publishing it in the third quarter of the year. Speaking to the media, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Janice Tse said the ...

The People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison will open three barracks to the public late this month to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR. The open days of the barracks were arranged to enhance the communicat...

Three years after its maiden commercial flight as China’s flagship civilian airliner, the C919 is entering a pivotal maintenance phase, with jets across the series being progressively grounded for rigorous inspections. The results of these safety-f...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr did not dwell on warships or water cannons when he rose to speak at the country’s Independence Day celebrations on Friday. Instead, he signalled a new strategy in broaching the topic of the South China Sea:...

A Hong Kong court has issued an arrest warrant for a British tourist who allegedly jumped bail after being charged with vandalising self-check-in kiosks at the city’s airport earlier this year. Youcef Bennoui, 35, failed to appear at West Kowloon C...

Why do some governments consistently turn long-term goals into visible results while others struggle to move beyond policy announcements? The answer often lies not in ideology and planning but in governance: the ability to identify priorities, coordi...

Hong Kong authorities will tighten the regulations governing a labour importation scheme by introducing a two-tier vetting system and raising the maximum penalty for non-compliant employers, with the new arrangements taking effect on Tuesday. Followi...

"Borrow a boat to sail in the sea -- we will find more ways to use the opportunities brought by the Belt and Road Initiative," he said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on Monday discussed bilateral ties and the situation on the Korean Peninsula on phone, pledging close contact by various means to promptly exchange views on major issues of common con...

Agricultural products have been exempted duty by the FTA , but most Thai rice sold in China ' s supermarkets is imported through regular channels , without taking advantage of the FTA , she said .

Public services including employment , education , healthcare and social security will be improved in the area , he said .

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, pledged on Friday to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and to manage their differences based on mutual respect.

Palestinian protesters hurl stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes after a protest against the visit of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Jerusalem, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 23, 2018.

Former Australian Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer has accused the U.S. of hitting Australia with a "diplomatic insult."

Laszlo Kover (1st L), Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, speaks at a conference of the parliament speakers of the Western Balkans in Budapest, Hungary on Oct. 27, 2017.

Two people were killed and transportation systems and businesses severely disrupted as Typhoon Lan lashed central Japan's Pacific coast after making landfall early Monday.

The U.S. decision to withdraw from UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, has triggered worldwide calls for supporting multilateralism amid world challenges.