The defence ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China’s growing ambitions “to shape the world around it&#822…

Environmental NGO Green Sense is once again urging Hongkongers to switch off their air conditioners through its annual No Air Con Night. Residents, schools and organisations are invited to particip…

China will be recruiting astronauts in Hong Kong and Macau, inviting specialists to conduct research and scientific experiments in space. Photo: GovHK. The application period will run from Thursday…

Hong Kong’s Education Bureau has said it is looking into cases of suspected child abuse at a special needs school in Tai Po following reports of children being physically mistreated by staff.…

Hongkongers aged 18 to 40 are mostly supportive of LGBTQ+ equality, a recent survey has revealed. However, nearly half of respondents said they have experienced or learned of discriminatory acts ag…

An elderly man has been acquitted of playing a 2019 protest song on a traditional Chinese instrument in public without a police permit, after a deputy magistrate ruled that the prosecution failed t…

Seated in front of shelves stuffed with leather-bound books and wearing a navy suit, a two-tone blue tie and a clip-on microphone, Albert Chen looks every inch a scholar. To his right, the initials…

When the central authorities chose former police officer and security chief John Lee to be Hong Kong’s fifth chief executive, they signalled the overriding importance of security in Hong Kong. Lee …

Hong Kong’s Civic Party might disband if no one takes over executive committee posts, the party’s chairperson has said. Alan Leong, chairperson of the pro-democracy party, told HKFP on …

As Hong Kong authorities plan legislation to make reporting suspected cases of child abuse compulsory, survivors of childhood sexual assault have voiced concerns that the well-intended move might c…

A Hong Kong lawmaker has questioned the legal basis on which the government voided Covid-19 vaccination exemption certificates issued by seven private doctors suspected of handing out the documents…

Reports of the relaxation of Covid-19 travel restrictions between Hong Kong and mainland China after the upcoming Chinese Communist Party conference were “not coming out of thin air,” a…

An ice factory that supplies ice to 30 per cent of Hong Kong food and beverage businesses faces an uncertain future as it has to make way for public housing development plans. Hang Chan, the execut…

The pandemic has worsened Hong Kong’s wealth gap, with the city’s poorest making 47 times less than its richest residents, Oxfam Hong Kong has said. In the pre-Covid era, the highest ea…

The Hong Kong government has rejected the findings of an official US agency, which said the city’s Beijing-imposed national security law has had “a devastating effect” on civil so…

Self-proclaimed non-establishment party Third Side has urged the Hong Kong government to help rehouse businesses and villagers who will be displaced by a proposed public housing development in Tuen…

Former Australian rugby player Nick “Honey Badger” Cummins has been accused of “endorsing a government that is violating human rights” after starring in a Covid-blind Hong K…

A Hong Kong court has jailed two women for 11 months each over an unlawful assembly in Tsuen Wan during the height of the anti-extradition protests more than three years ago, with both prosecution …

A man arrested over desecrating the Chinese flag in North Point a day after China’s National Day has been released on bail. Zakaria Mezouar, 36, appeared before Principal Magistrate Peter Law…

Online radio host Edmund “Giggs” Wan has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison after he reached a plea agreement with the prosecution over his sedition and money launde…

A Hong Kong green group has expressed support for the city’s plan to double the plastic bag levy to HK$1 from December 31, calling on the government to outline a timetable paving the way for …