Move is first of two-phase citywide ban on alternative smoking and flavoured tobacco products, insider says.
About 63,000 people are expected to take part in drill aimed to assess the sports park’s capacity.
A leading pollster and the wife and son of Chung Kim-wah, who moved to the UK in 2022, were also asked to help with an investigation earlier this month.
Knife-wielding attackers assaulted two men near Hi Yip Factory Building, police say.
Joephy Chan accuses former district councillor Andy Yu of using Southeast Asia scam victim cause to gather support for election bid.
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CrescentRating gives Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Gold accreditation, boosting city’s effort to tap Muslim markets for growth.
Oscar Ko switched from seeking sports glory to religion, serving others who faced loss and grief.
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Police say man was deceived by an advert seeking agents to bring diamonds from Thailand to Taiwan.
Four armed men flee Sheung Shui jewellery store after smash-and-grab, later crashing escape vehicle in Tai Po.
Researchers behind study have called for more emotional education and resilience training in schools.
Team’s waterproof, oilproof polymer can be used as a biodegradable packaging material for food and drinks.
Patient with chronic bronchitis transferred from University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital in Futian to Tuen Mun Hospital.
Lawmakers suggest restricting access of Hong Kong identity card holders who have moved overseas to public medical services.
‘We are committed to enhancing the international standing of CUHK and make efforts in teaching, research, service and innovation,’ Professor Dennis Lo says.
Hong Kong Children’s Hospital in Kowloon Bay is home to the city’s first breast milk bank, which hopes to collect 1,000 litres a year.
Minister says locations among those being considered to help promote tourism by showcasing less well-known quarters of Hong Kong.
Tourism minister Rosanna Law says contract may include KPIs and that authorities will start tender process this year.
Authorities launched new booking system amid intense demand for public dental services, but 40 people missed appointments on Tuesday, Thursday.
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Secretary for Transport Mable Chan says the number of flight movements on a single day peaked at about 1,150 during Christmas period.
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Officers make arrests after intercepting two vessels in early hours of New Year’s Eve as part of anti-smuggling patrols in local waters.
Facility aims to collect 1,000 litres per year to help up to 600 premature and critically ill newborns.
Police say they believe man in his ‘40s to 50s’ set a fire inside his flat in Yau Tong.
Veteran hospital engineer Yuen Pak-leung designed a negative pressure isolation ward that can be built rapidly.
Public hospitals suffered series of dangerous mistakes, prompting authorities to order measures to strengthen accountability and governance.
Immigration data shows 905,035 local residents left Hong Kong on Christmas Day and Boxing Day of this year, compared with 599,083 last year.
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Concerns raised that entire Northern Link will only be completed nine years after Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park opens.
Driver failed to close doors on wall side of train as passengers boarded from platform.
Eight-member delegation travelled to Japanese capital for four-day visit with budget estimated at about HK$200,000.
Bump of 15 per cent in sales projected at some shopping centres, aided by revived multiple-entry visa scheme for Shenzhen residents.
Nineteen opposition figures currently on list of people wanted for allegedly violating Beijing-imposed national security law.