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At least 14 students have been sent to hospital after drinking free beverages that were found with suspicious pinhole marks near a sports ground in Hong Kong, prompting a police...

Hong Kong does not need to emulate Singapore’s generous childbirth incentives, a senior official has said, defending the city’s latest 11-measure policy drive to encourage births as a “comprehensive” approach. Addressing...

Senior Hong Kong police officer Kelvin Kong Hok-lai has taken over the force’s National Security Department, succeeding Andrew Kan Kai-yan, who began pre-retirement leave on Tuesday. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu...

Hong Kong deserves credit for its first five-year plan, accompanied by a detailed policy address. The plan establishes a useful framework beyond the annual policy cycle. Precisely because this is...

A Hong Kong man suffering from a severe mental illness has been sentenced to an indefinite period in a psychiatric hospital for stabbing two women to death in a frenzied...

At least four Hong Kong kindergartens will hold Mid-Autumn Festival open days and parties on a night traditionally set aside for family reunions, sparking criticism that teachers are being forced...

Hong Kong authorities have expanded their search radius to capture stray dogs and installed new surveillance cameras in the area where a suspected fatal canine attack took place, in a...