The Education Bureau will make an announcement on Monday regarding school arrangements for the following day as super typhoon Ragasa is expected to pose a serious threat to Hong Kong. The announcement was made as Chief Secretary Eric Chan chaired a ...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong should work on developing its offshore renminbi trading sector amid the increased international use of the currency. The SAR’s unique contribution to national development is to serve as an int...

Chief Executive John Lee on Sunday said investment in the Northern Metropolis would bring long-term benefits to the public, stressing that such spending would pay off for citizens. Speaking on a TVB programme about his Policy Address, Lee said the g...

Tolls for the Aberdeen and Shing Mun runnels rise from HK$5 to HK$8 from Sunday. In a statement, the Transport Department said the new tolls are to help tunnel operations to "largely attain break-even". The department also reminded the public that ...

Civil service chief Ingrid Yeung said on Saturday that police, unlike other disciplinary forces, would not need to face the scrutiny of an independent panel for any serious problems found, as they already have their own body monitoring complaints aga...

The Observatory has warned of potential bad weather in the coming week with the possible arrival of tropical cyclone Ragasa, which is expected to strengthen into a super typhoon. The storm will move towards the vicinity of Luzon Strait and intensif...

A wartime bomb found at a construction site in Quarry Bay has been defused and taken away, police said on Saturday, with the operation wrapping up shortly before noon. The force said bomb-disposal officers worked through the night from 2am to dispo...

Chief Executive John Lee on Saturday said increasing the proportion of non-local students at public universities will broaden the horizons of local students and enhance Hong Kong's international profile. He was speaking days after lifting the cap o...

The Transport Department on Saturday said the east of Hong Kong Island should expect traffic disruption after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found at a construction site on Pan Hoi Street in Quarry Bay the previous day. In a statement, the...

Health authorities on Friday reported two new imported cases of chikungunya fever, with both patients having recently travelled to Foshan in Guangdong province. According to the Centre for Health Protection, one of the patients is a 62-year-old wom...

The inaugural Asian Youth Anti-corruption Hackathon has ended in Hong Kong with 14 teams of young contestants sharing their digital solutions to graft challenges. Speaking at the event, ICAC chief Danny Woo said the hackathon brings the use of digit...

About 6,000 people were being evacuated from Quarry Bay on Friday evening as police prepare to carry out a bomb disposal operation overnight, following the discovery of a Second World War explosive at a construction site. Officers said the wartime d...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said on Friday that while trading since the government's move to allow the stock market to remain open during extreme weather had proven to be "smooth", further extending its opening h...

Secretary for Education Christine Choi on Friday said a new government proposal to require teachers to obtain practising certificates would ensure their professionalism, stressing that the move does not imply any distrust. Choi said while details of...

The Hong Kong Observatory said on Friday it’s unlikely to issue a T8 signal as Tropical Storm Mitag has weakened after making landfall near Shanwei earlier in the afternoon. However, the storm – centred around 120 kilometres northeast of the ter...

Hundreds of people were evacuated in Quarry Bay on Friday after a suspected wartime bomb was found at a construction site on Pan Hoi Street. Police said bomb-disposal officers were sent to the scene to investigate after a report was received about t...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau said on Friday that RTHK is committed to strengthening its role as a public broadcaster and enhancing co-operation with other government departments. Speaking at a Legislative Council pane...

Customs officers on Friday announced they arrested seven people and dismantled a syndicate that hawked suspected counterfeit brand-name products online. The arrests came after the Customs and Excise Department received reports that such products cou...

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said the start of pre-retirement leave from Friday by the head of the Government Logistics Department, Carlson Chan, was a "normal arrangement". Chan had been in charge of the departm...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says he hopes a novel approach that allows developers to pay land premiums in a more flexible way based on what they will build can help speed up development. Under the "pay for what you build" proposal, developers do n...