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Hong Kong has the potential to become an international innovation hub for hydrogen technologies, says Towngas’s Don Cheng.

Global Talent Summit – Hong Kong will be held May 7-8 alongside CareerConnect Expo featuring almost 100 exhibitors.

Prosecution urges panel of nine jurists to set aside political views and focus on evidence in trial of six over conspiracy to commit bombing.

Two workers killed after suspected exposure to toxic gas hydrogen sulphide while working in a manhole.

Six-second clip shows man jumping between platforms at Fo Tan MTR station, with more than 110,000 views on Instagram.

Hong Kong’s SMEs are more optimistic than their peers in mainland China, Singapore and Australia when it comes to growing their businesses this year, thanks to government support and an increase in online sales, a survey shows.

Lee says some media practitioners and outlets are already ‘refuting or correcting’ misinformation.

John Lee says administration’s main concerns are steady supply of alternative products and affordability for consumers.

Chief Executive John Lee says full investigation under way to determine why subcontract workers had ventured underground and whether safety rules followed.

Amber rainstorm warning cancelled after being in force more than four hours, but wet weather to continue in coming days.

A source says the government has shifted to a ‘softer, reactive’ approach but is not planning any large-scale publicity campaigns or high-level delegations to explain the new law overseas.

As city bans single-use plastic, some residents are offering ‘out-of-production’ items for eye-watering prices online.

Hong Kong has no plans to introduce fake news law, he says, as it’s ‘legally’ hard to separate fact from opinion, citing Singapore

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s SME information platform is part of its ongoing efforts to help SMEs affected by the shift in consumer and tourist spending patterns.

The deadly blaze at New Lucky House that killed five people and injured 43 shows that fire safety laws will not save residents unless they are enforced. While amending the Fire Safety (Buildings) Ordinance is a good start, Hong Kong must…

Centre for Health Protection says girl, who was in good health previously and had not travelled recently, developed fever and cough on Friday.

Suspected cocaine, with an estimated street value of HK$15 million, found by hikers at Nam She Wan near shoreline on Sunday.

Hong Kong can do more to help finance the transition of high-emitting sectors and heavy-polluting industries to more sustainable business activities as a hub for the region, Financial Secretary Paul Chan says.

Hong Kong’s economic recovery is slowly filling up retail spaces, pushing vacancy rates to a three-year low. The rebound, however, is bypassing the northwestern part of the city in Yuen Long and Sheung Shui.

Most restaurants and takeaway shops in tourists areas such as Mong Kok, Prince Edward and Yau Ma Tei still using plastic utensils at lunchtime.

Three Hongkongers, eight Thai women and 40 mainland Chinese residents arrested after series of police raids over two weeks.

Some patrons opt to get hands dirty eating fried chicken at popular fast food chains to avoid paying for gloves as new single-use plastics ban gets under way.

Six male defendants plead not guilty to charge of bombing, while one female suspect denies role in providing or collecting property to commit terrorist acts.

Thunderstorm warning issued three times on Monday, while more than 10mm of rainfall recorded over most parts of city after midday.

Many customers buying takeaway breakfast in busy business district decline to pay extra for alternatives to plastic cutlery as ban gets under way.

Secretary for Justice Paul Lam says government can invite more people to Hong Kong to assuage any fears about the city’s legal system.

Medical personnel battled to resuscitate man, transferring him to rescue craft, South African National Sea Rescue Institute says.

Hong Kong’s representatives to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation business advisory council plan to use the platform to showcase the city as more than just a finance hub.

Xia Baolong, the top official on Hong Kong affairs, is daring the city to say and do new things. The central government is expecting no less than courage from the city’s leadership.

Domestic law’s first 30 days in effect marked by relative calm compared with Beijing-decreed national security law, which led to 15 individuals detained in first month.