Government Sets Out Plan To Tax Vacant Homes
The government has revealed details of how its proposed tax on vacant homes will operate, with developers given a year t... Read more
Five More Measles Cases Take Total To 25
Five more people have been diagnosed with measles in Hong Kong, health chiefs announced on Tuesday, with the airport aga... Read more
Snowden Refugees Pin Hopes On Family Ties
A previously undisclosed link between two ‘Snowden Refugees’ will help pressure the Canadian government to accept th... Read more
Target Plastic Bag Use By Bakeries, Say Activists
While levies and campaigns have cut the use of plastic at least in some of the shops in Hong Kong, one sector has steadi... Read more
CUHK Adopts New Microwave Lung Surgery Method
Doctors from the Chinese University have become the first in the Asia Pacific region to successfully perform a new type ... Read more
Rights Have Deteriorated Severely In HK: Amnesty
Hong Kong's human rights have "deteriorated severely" over the past year, with free speech under attack, Amnesty Interna... Read more
White-collar Crimes Dropped From New Fugitive Laws
The government has caved in to demands from business leaders over planned new legislation to allow one-off extradition a... Read more
Govt Concedes Defeat Once Again Over Tunnel Tolls
Chief Executive Carrie Lam expressed regret on Tuesday as she confirmed that the government will be pulling a non-bindin... Read more
No Need To Rebuild Hung Hom MTR Site: Probe Panel
The commission of inquiry looking into the Hung Hom MTR Station construction scandal has concluded in its interim report... Read more
Govt's Briefing Overload Irks Journalists' Union
The Hong Kong Journalists' Association on Tuesday expressed its displeasure over the government's arrangement to hold a ... Read more
Chinese Judiciary Better Than HK's: Ex-legal Chief
A former director of public prosecutions, Grenville Cross, on Tuesday defended the mainland's judicial system, rejecting... Read more
'Give Measles Jab To Domestic Workers, Immigrants'
A member of Legco's health services panel Kwok Ka-ki has urged the government to expand its measles vaccination to inclu... Read more
Justice Chief's Husband On Trial Over Home Scandal
The husband of Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng has gone on trial over an unauthorised building works controversy that dog... Read more
Talks On Extradition Law Changes To Continue: CE
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that her administration will push ahead with its work on amending extradition... Read more
Snowdens Guardian Granted Asylum By Canada
One of the refugee families who helped shelter rogue American whistleblower Edward Snowden while he was on the run in Ho... Read more