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Authorities say they will be looking at what condition a Customs Department boat was in before it capsized in waters near the airport last night, killing three officers. Firefighters say they still don't know what caused the accident. Jimmy Choi reports.

Thirty six cabinet ministers from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government are on a week-long visit to Jammu and Kashmir, five months after Article 370 of the Indian constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir -- a region locate...

Pro-democracy district councillors have asked the Financial Secretary to use next month's budget to help communities deal with the aftermath of seven months of protests. Paul Chan met council chairs and vice-chairs today... the first such meeting since...

The head of the University of Hong Kong's Centre for Infection, Ho Pak-leung, on Tuesday said the dramatic surge in the number of cases of the new coronavirus in the past few days could mean it has already mutated to spread more readily among people. H...

The authorities have announced they won't be holding by-elections to fill the Legco seats previously held by the pro-democracy camp's Au Nok-hin and Gary Fan. The officials say given the city's social unrest, by the time they could arrange the polls, i...

The Wuhan virus outbreak has spread to other mainland cities - with two cases recorded in Beijing and one in Shenzhen. In Wuhan itself, there were 136 new cases of the coronavirus strain over the weekend, bringing the total to just under 200. A third p...

A new study has found that only half of the teachers surveyed are confident in teaching non-Chinese speaking, or NCS, students, to help them catch up with Chinese-speaking pupils. The Equal Opportunities Commission asked Oxfam and the University of Hon...