A hill fire which had been burning in Pat Heung since Saturday afternoon was largely put out after more than 20 hours. The Fire Services Department said Sunday that the Government Flying Service is also water bombing the site. The blaze near Kai Kung Leng, literally meaning Rooster Ridge, once stretched to 200 metres from one end to the other. Emer…

The head of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has predicted that 2025 will be a year marked by uncertainties and many changes, while the SAR will be affected by policies set to be introduced by incoming US President Donald Trump. Authority chief executive Eddie Yue also admitted on Sunday the city cannot fully shield itself from unforeseen factors i…

Hong Kong experienced its coldest day so far this winter, with the observatory recording a minimum temperature of 11.5 degrees at its Tsim Sha Tsui headquarters on Saturday. The mercury dipped even lower in parts of the New Territories. Earlier, the forecaster warned of possible frost on Saturday morning, on high ground or in the northern part of t…

Customs chief Chan Tsz-tat stressed that safety takes priority for officers and they must hold themselves accountable for their actions. A 27-year-old motorcyclist was killed last week in Kowloon Bay, after his vehicle rammed into an iron pole, and a 40-year-old man was later arrested on suspicion of tampering with a motor vehicle. Customs earlier …

Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau on Saturday said the government must inform parents about which schools are not offering on-site flu shots so they can plan to get their children vaccinated elsewhere. His comment came a day after the Department of Health named 168 schools that refused to take part in a voluntary on-campus vaccination programme. Speaki…

President Biden blasted Meta on Friday for scrapping fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram in the United States, calling the move "really shameful" after a global network warned of real-world harm if the tech giant expands its decision to other countries. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg triggered alarm on Tuesday when he announced the compan…

Chief Executive John Lee on Friday called on businesses to contribute to the country's development by investing on the mainland. Speaking at a forum in Shenzhen on technological collaboration between the two places, the CE noted that firms can benefit from Beijing's new amendments to the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, or CEPA, which will …

The two biggest wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area have killed at least 10 people and burned more than 10,000 homes and other structures, officials said as they urged more people to heed evacuation orders after a new blaze ignited and quickly grew. The Kenneth Fire started late on Thursday afternoon in the San Fernando Valley just 3.2 kilometr…

A 67-year-old patient was transferred from the Greater Bay Area (GBA) to Tuen Mun Hospital on Friday, the first case arranged under a cross-boundary ambulance transfer scheme. The one-year pilot scheme for direct cross-boundary ambulance transfer was launched in November last year, allowing patients in the GBA to be conveyed to designated hospitals…

Health authorities have singled out more than 160 schools for declining to arrange on-campus influenza vaccinations, calling on parents to bring their children to get jabbed as soon as possible. The list of schools, which has been uploaded online, includes a number of international and elite institutions. Albert Au, head of the Centre for Health Pr…

Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs, Alice Mak, on Friday said the government would publish a comprehensive report of care teams once the service agreement with them ends. The government outsources district-level community services to care teams, which offer assistance to residents in each district, such as visiting the elderly. The teams are requ…

The security chief of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Friday that he had been unfairly treated for a sitting leader and warned bloodshed must be avoided. Yoon faces arrest over a criminal probe into his December 3 martial law bid. Park Chong-jun, head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), is himself under investigation …

The US Supreme Court on Thursday denied a last-minute bid by President-elect Donald Trump to halt sentencing in his hush money case. The top court, which includes three justices appointed by Trump, rejected his emergency application seeking to block Friday's sentencing by a 5-4 vote. The court, in a brief unsigned order, said the "burden that sente…