A 1,100-strong medical volunteer team has vowed to keep athletes and audience members safe during the upcoming National Games. The volunteers from Hong Kong St John Ambulance, including more than 100 medical professionals, will provide emergency ser...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan said he would promote Hong Kong’s advantages to foreign investors during a trip to the United States in the coming week. He will attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Wash...

More than 80 people were evacuated from their homes following a fire in Tsing Yi on Sunday morning. Police received reports at around 4am, stating that a blaze had broken out at Villa Esplanada in Nga Ying Chau Street. Firefighters arrived at the...

A former assistant director at the Observatory predicts that more powerful tropical cyclones will occur in the future. This year, the Observatory issued twelve Standby Signal No. 1 alerts, the highest number since 1946. Leung Wing-mo, also a spok...

Health officials on Saturday reported two new cases of chikungunya fever, bringing the total number of infections in Hong Kong this year to 31. All of the infections have been linked to travel outside the SAR. According to the Centre for Health Pr...

A 42-year-old woman faces a charge of trafficking a dangerous drug after customs officers seized HK$1.2 million worth of suspected methamphetamine from her luggage at the airport. Officers said the arrest took place on Friday when the passenger, who...

Hong Kong Productivity Council chairman Sunny Tan said on Saturday the additional 100 percent tariff imposed by the United States on China had not come as a surprise. The extra levies and US export controls on "any and all critical software" are to ...

Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said authorities are exploring the possibility of launching new water taxi routes in Hong Kong in an attempt to further promote waterborne transport and showcase the city's iconic harbour. Writing in ...

Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung said a more stringent performance appraisal system is needed for civil servants to ensure that pay increases and rewards are directly tied to merit. She was speaking in response to suggestions by some law...

Engineering-sector lawmaker Lo Wai-kwok says contractor Able and Chun Wo Joint Venture should review its site management procedures after officials in August discovered construction violations at three light public housing projects it was working on....

The Legislative Council on Friday passed a motion of thanks for Chief Executive John Lee’s latest Policy Address. In a statement, Lee thanked lawmakers for expressing their views on a wide range of issues over the three-day debate, saying their o...

The Immigration Department said on Friday 19 people had been arrested in an operation targeting illegal workers. The arrests came as officers carried out checks on more than 130 locations across Hong Kong, including restaurants and warehouses. Th...

The Social Welfare Department urged providers to simplify application processes of respite services for the elderly and people with disabilities, especially for those who need help right away. This came as the Office of the Ombudsman found that care...

Police have issued a verbal warning to an eight-year-old boy over a false report about a hill fire breaking out. Officers received a report yesterday afternoon alleging a hill fire in Pat Sin Leng had trapped 25 teachers and students. But officers...

More than 1.4 million mainland visitors set foot in Hong Kong during the National Day Golden Week holiday, the government revealed on Thursday, describing tourist numbers as "satisfactory". They accounted for around 85 percent of the 1.64 million a...

The Action Committee Against Narcotics said on Thursday that while the total number of drug abusers in Hong Kong fell in the first half of 2025, there's been a slight uptick in the number of young people taking drugs. According to the Central Regis...

A residential plot in Jordan Valley will be released for sale in the third quarter of this fiscal year, the government announced on Thursday, with a portion of the site to be set aside for social welfare facilities. The plot on Choi Hing Road, to b...

Three leading European pharmaceutical companies, along with 15 other non-local firms, have become the latest to agree to set up offices or expand in Hong Kong under a government push to attract strategic enterprises to the city. Financial Secretary ...

HSBC's Co-Chief Executive of Asia and Middle East, David Liao, on Thursday said the lender's plan to privatise its subsidiary, Hang Seng Bank, is mainly "a growth story" that would allow Hang Seng Bank's clients to access a wider range of products. ...

The Office of the Ombudsman has found that cumbersome application processes are preventing caregivers from accessing vital respite services, leading to an underuse of available resources. Respite services managed by the Social Welfare Department (SW...