Hong Kong railway operator, the MTR Corporation (MTRC), has proposed increasing Airport Express fares by 9.4 per cent. They will come into effect in June if approved. An Airport Express train. File…

Hong Kong should step up management of indoor air quality in schools, an environmental group has said, after the city’s air pollution was deemed “serious” earlier this month due t…

A European journalist organisation has condemned the detention of two reporters in Macau, calling it “a serious attack on press freedom.” The website of online news outlet All About Mac…

Hong Kong’s overall unemployment rate in the first quarter of this year remained at 3.2 per cent, but the figure increased in some sectors, the government has said. Construction workers in Hong Kon…

A judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to restore funding to Voice of America and other US-funded media, saying its abrupt shutdown of the outlets broke the law. U…

The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong has announced that a condolence service will be held until Saturday for the late Pope Francis, followed by a requiem mass next Monday. Pope Francis. File photo: Ca…

Hong Kong’s Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei has said that there is no alternative but to dissolve the opposition party. Hong Kong’s Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei meets the p…

Air cargo demand between mainland China and the United States is expected to drop due to the ongoing trade war between the world’s two largest economies, Hong Kong’s flagship airline Cathay P…

Five government health inspectors accused of stealing food meant for radiation tests were warned not to keep unused samples, a court has heard. West Kowloon Law Courts Building. File photo: Kelly H…

By Peter Catterall, with Beiyi Seow in Washington China said on Wednesday the door was “wide open” for trade talks with Washington, a day after US President Donald Trump signalled the p…

The University of Hong Kong’s medical school (HKUMed) has developed the world’s first AI model for diagnosing thyroid cancer, showing over 90 per cent accuracy and slashing clinicians&#…

By John Biers Boeing’s CEO confirmed Wednesday that China had stopped accepting new aircraft due to the US-China trade war, as the company’s shares surged following a smaller than expec…

A Thai dessert chain has announced it will exit Hong Kong this weekend, three years after its foray into the local market, amid the city’s ongoing retail slump. Thai dessert chain After You&#…

A former Hong Kong police inspector has been sentenced to 10 weeks in prison for molesting two female colleagues. The Hong Kong Police Force emblem. File photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. Tito Yeung, 38, was…

A survey conducted by the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents Club (FCC) has found that the majority of its members said their working environment had changed for the worse over the past two years. Th…

Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the city to attend Pope Francis’ funeral at the Vatican. Zen, 93, left Hong Kong on Wednesday night after a court granted an applicat…

By Matthew Walsh A Chinese rocket carrying three astronauts to the country’s space station blasted off from its remote launch site Thursday, the latest milestone in Beijing’s race to be…

An increase in Hong Kong’s airport departure tax could hurt the city’s competitiveness, a lawmaker has said, after the government doubled down on plans to increase the levy from HK$120 …

A Hong Kong police officer, whose finger was partly bitten off by a protester during the 2019 protests, has agreed to a HK$250,000 settlement. To Kai-wa. Photo: Supplied. To Kai-wa confirmed in the…

A catering labour union has called on Hong Kong authorities to establish a mechanism to halt the controversial labour import scheme after finding that over 200 local employees reported being replac…