Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs Alice Mak said on Saturday a district councillor had been told that she had to meet public expectations after being found to have parked illegally at Shek Lei Estate in Kwai Chung. Kwai Tsing councillor Chau Kit-...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of a bomb hoax and possession of imitation firearms. The arrest came after police received reports on January 27 alleging that the man, who is 31 years old, had made claims on an online game chatgroup that he wo...

Pedestrians will find road crossings to be more convenient and time-saving in phases this year with a facelift for some of the city's intersections, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said. Writing on her blog, she said her department ...

Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law on Saturday said she is optimistic about business prospects for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, amid expectations from the Immigration Department that 1.43 million mainlanders would visit Hon...

Allowing more elderly people to benefit from the automatic medical fee waiver at public hospitals and improving the economy are among the suggestions lawmakers have made for the upcoming budget. Currently, only those eligible for the Old Age Living ...

Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau on Friday summoned Panama's consul-general in Hong Kong to express the government’s strong opposition to a controversial ruling by the Central American nation’s top court. Panama's Sup...

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has ordered a recall of several batches of Aptamil infant milk formula, saying an alert on its Food Incident Surveillance System indicated the batches might contain bacteria that can cause vomiting and diarrhoea. In ...

Transport secretary Mable Chan on Friday said the government would launch a public consultation on requiring passengers to put on seatbelts on public buses. This came as the government repealed the legal clauses on such a requirement on the same day...

The Hospital Authority said a third stroke centre was in the process of being set up at Prince of Wales Hospital amid hopes that it could achieve national accreditation by the end of this year. The move follows the founding of stroke centres at Tuen...

Health officials are seeking to bring in more non-professionals to the Medical Council while maintaining "a certain proportion" of doctors on the watchdog, as part of a preliminary proposal amending legislation to reform the body. Proposing changes...

The government on Friday unveiled a new blueprint outlining Hong Kong’s transport strategy for the next two decades. The plan is built around three main themes: “Enjoyable Journeys”, “Well-Connected City”, and “Healthy Mobility”, alo...

Police on Friday said they had arrested 156 people in a major crackdown on online shopping fraud, solving 269 cases involving more than HK$6 million in direct losses and unravelling money flows exceeding HK$25 million. The three-week operation, code...

Secretary for Education Christine Choi on Friday said a one-year grace period might be allowed for a government proposal that requires teachers to obtain a practising certificate and renew it every three years. The new plan, in addition to the curre...

Police said there were two incidents involving power banks on the MTR network during rush hour on Friday morning. About 400 passengers were evacuated from a train at Tsuen Wan West Station after smoke was seen inside one of its carriages. Officers ...

The MTR Corporation says on Friday morning that service intervals between Kennedy Town and Chai Wan stations had to be adjusted, due to a signalling equipment fault near Heng Fa Chuen station. The announcement, made at around 8:30am, stated that com...

Ombudsman Jack Chan on Thursday said there have been "systemic problems and inadequacies" in how the Medical Council and its secretariat handle and monitor complaints against doctors. This came following his office’s direct probe, stemming from m...

A man wanted for a murder in Sai Kung nearly four decades ago was arrested by Hong Kong police on Thursday after being deported from Thailand. Two other people have already been jailed over the killing of a man whose body was found on Lung Ha Wan b...

A local think tank on Thursday said the government should consider increasing taxes on the wealthy in this month's budget. The Our Hong Kong Foundation is forecasting a consolidated deficit of around HK$5 billion to HK$10 billion this fiscal year, d...

Hong Kong Federation of Insurers chief Selina Lau said the industry will keep its eyes open for fraudulent claims after the authorities sounded the alarm over a new type of "cash for crash" scam. Security Secretary Chris Tang on Sunday warned that ...

The Hong Kong Construction Industry Employees General Union on Thursday urged contractors and workers to prioritise safety amid the pre-Chinese New Year rush to complete and finish projects. Citing roughly 18 fatal accidents recorded around some of ...