Hong Kong is counting down to the Legislative Council elections, which will take place on Sunday. RTHK English News earlier reached out to all candidates running in the 10 geographical constituencies and asked them to briefly introduce their electi...

Workers in different parts of Hong Kong on Thursday began taking down mesh netting at buildings undergoing major renovation works. On Wednesday night, the government ordered the removal of all mesh netting by Saturday following the Tai Po inferno, c...

The sole building spared in the deadly fire at Tai Po's Wang Fuk Court saw more residents make brief returns on Thursday, leaving with bags of valuables, personal documents as well as home appliances. It was the second day that people from Wang Chi...

Chief Executive John Lee said on Thursday the Tai Po fire had deepened his faith in the Constitution and the rule of law and vowed to translate the hard lessons learned from the disaster into steps to bolster urban safety and overhaul systems. Spea...

The Legislative Council elections are set to take place on Sunday, and it is crucial for voters of Hong Kong's ten geographical constituencies to familiarise themselves with candidates in their district. Today, we'll hear from the five contestants ...

A senior mainland official on Thursday endorsed the Hong Kong government's handling of the Tai Po fire, while backing plans to hold the Legislative Council elections as scheduled. At a Constitution Day seminar, Liu Guangyuan, the deputy director o...

Representatives of the construction sector said on Thursday the city had sufficient manpower to remove the mesh netting of all buildings undergoing major renovations by Saturday. They were speaking following the issuance of a deadline to do so by th...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) says about 300 residential mortgage loans are related to fire ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The outstanding loans amount to about HK$540 million in total, the authority added. It said local lenders have p...

The SAR government on Wednesday slammed foreign and anti-China forces for making "unfounded and slanderous remarks" on its relief work and investigations into the Tai Po fire, saying those using the disaster to maliciously stir up chaos in society ar...

The government on Wednesday announced that Wang Fuk Court residents have had their taxes for the previous financial year waived, as part of efforts by the administration to provide as much support as possible for those affected by the Tai Po fire. T...

The government has ordered the removal of all mesh netting on buildings undergoing major renovation across Hong Kong by Saturday, citing public safety and people's concerns in the wake of the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire. Speaking to reporters in a br...

The death toll in Hong Kong's most devastating fire in decades reached 159 on Wednesday as police completed their search of the interiors of all seven residential blocks of Wang Fuk Court that erupted in flames a week earlier. Another three bodies w...

The chief executive of the Insurance Authority, Clement Cheung, on Wednesday said there were 8,700 insurance policies drawn by people who have been affected by the deadly fire in Tai Po. Spread across roughly 30 companies, Cheung noted that 7,600 ar...

A hotly contested constituency in this Sunday's Legislative Council polls is New Territories South West. RTHK English News earlier asked the candidates there about their elections platforms. Watch our video to find out more.

The Labour Department (LD) on Wednesday said it has banned Ying Garden from applying for imported workers for two years. The department has also withdrawn the restaurant group’s current labour-importation applications under the Enhanced Supplemen...

The Housing Department on Wednesday dismissed social media claims that Wang Fuk Court fire victims have been moved to interim units with unfurnished floors. A department spokesman clarified that no residents of the apartment complex in Tai Po are cu...

Danish facility management group ISS says its Hong Kong unit which was the property manager for fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court played no role in the renovation work suspected of being behind the deadly blaze. The group's shares plunged about 8 percent...

Former security minister Lai Tung-kwok on Wednesday believes the independent review committee, which will probe the cause of the deadly fire in Tai Po and the reasons why it spread so fast, would work in tandem with the government groups set up to lo...

The government on Wednesday resumed election forums, with participants observing a moment of silence for those who died in the Tai Po fire. The forums were suspended following the blaze last Wednesday which killed at least 156 people. The first fo...

Residents of the only building untouched by the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court started to trickle back to their homes to retrieve personal items and valuables on Wednesday, but uncertainty remained as to when they could move back in. Two members of ...