Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung on Sunday said government department heads are responsible for reporting systemic loopholes after spotting them. If senior officials noticed a problem beyond the scope of their own department's authority,...

The Observatory said on Sunday afternoon that hail may affect the city shortly. Bad weather has been hitting Hong Kong, with forecasters saying violent gusts reaching 90 kilometres per hour or above may affect the SAR. The Observatory said members ...

A representative from the catering industry on Sunday forecast that local restaurants would see revenues rise by 10 percent year-on-year during the Labour Day Golden Week holiday. In an interview with RTHK, Simon Wong, president of the Hong Kong Fe...

Financial Secretary Paul Chan on Sunday said Hong Kong is expected to see the strongest quarterly growth in nearly five years. His remarks came as the government gets ready to release the advance estimates of the city’s gross domestic product for ...

The new Fanling Bypass opened on Sunday morning — the first major piece of transport infrastructure in the Northern Metropolis development project that has come into service. The four-kilometre, Eastern Section of the bypass takes vehicles from t...

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam said the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed) will hold its first high-level summit next week. The event, which will focus on dispute resolution, marks a major milestone for the organisation, which began op...

Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said on Saturday that the government will make improvements to infrastructure and industrial layout plans for the Northern Metropolis to ensure they are aligned with the country's 15th Five-Year Plan. Offici...

Authorities remain confident that owners of Wang Chi House will agree to sell their flats by the end-of-June deadline with the deployment of special engagement teams to ensure they fully understand the acquisition scheme. The government has announce...

The Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office said on Saturday this week's expansion of the smoking ban would not deter tourists from visiting Hong Kong. As of April 30, the use of alternative smoking products – including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco pr...

Uber says it is acquiring the Hong Kong e-hail taxi start-up FlyTaxi. Launched 13 years ago, locally-built FlyTaxi was one of the first meter taxi platforms in Hong Kong. In a statement, Uber said FlyTaxi would continue to operate as normal and t...

Mainlanders began flocking to Hong Kong on Friday as the five-day Labour Day Golden Week holiday kicked off. Many of them visited the former Yau Ma Tei Police Station, saying they wanted to experience the historical landmark in person after having s...

All permanent residents as well as companies registered in Hong Kong can soon apply to use the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge to travel by car between the two special administrative regions. This came as the Transport Department said on Friday that a...

Long queues formed at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po in the early hours of Friday as more people returned to retrieve belongings they were forced to leave behind when the deadly inferno tore through most of their residential estate. In the latest phased a...

Lawmaker Lam Chun-sing has called on the government to step up its publicity promotional efforts for a subsidy scheme that helps employers deal with the abolition of the mandatory provident fund offsetting arrangement a year ago. His remarks came af...

The Taxi Drivers and Operators Association has called on cabbies and passengers to avoid potential confusion over electronic payments by communicating clearly with each other. The call on Friday came a month to the day after it became mandatory for ...

Four fixed-penalty notices were issued on Thursday, the first day Hong Kong’s new tobacco-control regulations effectively banned the use of alternative smoking products in public places, according to the head of the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Offi...

Two taxi drivers have been arrested in Sai Kung in an undercover operation for alleged overcharging a day prior to the start of the Labour Day Golden Week. The men, aged 43 and 66, were suspected of charging about HK$300 and HK$540, about twice the ...

Visiting hours will be extended in around 20 percent of wards at public hospitals by the end of July to allow for greater flexibility, the Hospital Authority announced. For paediatric wards, visiting hours will be extended from four hours to 24-hour...

Secretary for Security Chris Tang has announced that the government is actively amending laws in response to a sharp rise in illegal fuel smuggling activities. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Fight Crime Committee on Thursday, Tang said...

The Travel Industry Authority (TIA) on Thursday said it will "severely" crack down on illegal tour guides during the mainland's Golden Week holiday that runs from May 1 to May 5. In a statement, the authority noted it has already conducted inspecti...