A company chaired by Otto Poon, the husband of Hong Kong’s former justice secretary, faces a HK$150 million fine, after it admitted to engaging in anti-competitive behaviour in connection with the …

The attempted rape charge against ex-Evergrande executive Chen Fen was dropped on Friday, after the prosecution said that the alleged victim was not capable of testifying. Chen appeared in front of…

A Hong Kong court has sentenced four men to up to two years and ten months in jail over wounding a lawyer at a protest against the national security law in May 2020. A man is assaulted by a group o…

By Jing Xuan Teng Zhang Yao recalls the moment he realised something had gone deeply wrong at the Chinese mega-factory where he and hundreds of thousands of other workers assembled iPhones and other high-end electronics. In early October, supervisors suddenly…

The international rugby event Hong Kong Sevens has returned to the city for the first time since 2019, with spectators saying it felt “surreal” to be surrounded by crowds who were allow…

Claudia Chanhoi is used to being censored. After all, she makes Instagram-unfriendly art.  Her social media pages are peppered with breasts, bums, penises and vaginas, sometimes euphemisticall…

Three Hong Kong photographers have captured the reality of life under some of the strictest Covid-19 regulations in the world, as social-distancing restrictions brought the city to a near stand sti…

When Anna, a migrant domestic worker, landed in Hong Kong in May, she – like all arrivals to the city – completed a week of hotel quarantine per the Covid-19 rules at the time. The arri…

Children as young as six months can receive a BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine from Wednesday, the Hong Kong government has announced. The emergency use of the vaccine was approved last month, meaning that two Covid-19 vaccines are now available to children in the…

Hong Kong journalist Bao Choy has lost an appeal against her conviction over assessing public data for a documentary about a mob attack in July 2019. Speaking to reporters outside the High Court on Monday, Choy said she was disappointed by the outcome of…

A respiratory disease expert has questioned the government’s plan to simplify Covid-19 testing by dropping the nasal swab element of tests to leave only throat swab at some facilities, saying…

Hong Kong’s “king of judicial reviews,” veteran litigant Kwok Cheuk-kin has launched a legal challenge against Hong Kong’s Covid-19 Vaccine Pass scheme and the use of the Le…

A former top editor of defunct Hong Kong outlet Stand News has been granted bail after his lawyer called on the court to terminate the Stand News sedition trial over improper handling of evidence. …

Chow Hang-tung, the former leader of the group behind Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil, has been denied access to further case details in the national security trial against her and two other ex-…

Hong Kong will soon exempt travellers in tour groups from Covid-19 rules that bar new arrivals from going to restaurants and other venues during the first three days of their visit. The government said in a statement on Monday that the new measures were announced…

If you have ever been lucky enough to walk through a pristine tropical forest in Asia you would have immediately been struck by something – the noise. During the day the air is thick with the buzzi…

Hong Kong’s largest press group said it was “disappointed and worried” by the court’s decision to reject an appeal filed by a journalist convicted over accessing public data for a documentary about a mob attack in July 2019. High Court Judge Alex Lee ruled…

Hong Kong’s premier music festival, Clockenflap, is to return next March to Central Harbourfront after a three-year hiatus. Organisers say it is “100 per cent confirmed” for Friday March 3 until Sunday March 5, 2023. A full festival experience, with multiple…

Seventeen Hong Kong pro-democracy figures who have pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit subversion are expected to face a 90-day trial in early 2023, a court has heard. High Court…

A rare celestial event occurred in the skies above Hong Kong on Tuesday evening, when a total lunar eclipse coincided with the moon passing in front of Uranus and obscuring the planet. However, Hon…