Nearly all of the daily quota of 100 cars for Guangdong motorists wishing to drive to Hong Kong were snapped up on the first day of the scheme. The transport chief says many who applied for the southbound travel scheme want to experience Christmas in Hong Kong. Sophie Hui reports.

Some 11.5 million travellers are expected to enter and leave Hong Kong during the upcoming festive period, with more than 9.6 million people expected to pass through land boundary control points. Damon Pang reports:

Transport officials say they've taken measures to prevent drivers from cutting across multiple lanes on the newly-opened Yau Ma Tei section of the Central Kowloon Bypass. As Elvis Yu reports, they also said traffic on the new transport link had been smooth on the first weekday of operations.

The independent committee investigating the deadly Tai Po fire has inspected Wang Fuk Court to learn more about the environment and conditions there. Damon Pang reports.

Health experts have urged people to get vaccinated against seasonal flu, as a new variant, known as H3N2 subclade K spreads around the world. A study by the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Medicine found that less than 20 percent of 277 individuals tested in November had antibodies against the new flu variant. This is much lower than the resistance for the subclade flu virus that's more prevalent in the summer. HKU microbiology professor Kelvin To spoke with Matthew Hung.

Hong Kong's church leaders have called for continued support for victims of the devastating Tai Po fire. In their Christmas messages, they also urged people to reflect on hope amid the tragedy in their public addresses. Elvis Yu has this report.

Kai Tak Stadium has been ranked third in ticket sales in the world this year, even as the state-of-the-art facility only opened its doors in March. Chloe Feng reports.

The Kai Tak Sports Park management says it plans to host more top-tier football matches in a bid to capitalise on the fever in the build-up to next year's World Cup. The park's CEO, John Sharkey, detailed their development plans on RTHK's Backchat programme:

A group that campaigns for workers says it recorded 118 work-related deaths so far this year. That's a rise of 55 percent compared to the same period last year, as Damon Pang reports.

Lawmaker Judy Chan has expressed support for the planned launch of 8,300 Home Ownership Scheme flats in the second quarter of 2026. Azam Khan reports:

The World Trade Organization says China has launched a complaint over Indian measures on trade of solar cells and modules as well as information technology goods. Todd Harding reports:

A former aide of Israel's prime minister said that he was tasked with planning how to evade responsibility for Hamas' October 2023 attack. Critics have repeatedly accused Benjamin Netanyahu of refusing to accept blame for the deadliest attack in Israel's history. Little is known about the premier's behaviour in the days immediately following the deadly episode, while he's consistently resisted an independent state inquiry. Jamie Clarke has more:

The US Justice Department has released the biggest drop so far of investigative files related to the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Among the documents that drew attention was an email by someone who goes by the alias "A". That individual had asked Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell for, quote, "inappropriate friends". Now it is believed A is actually Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince and younger brother of Britain's King Charles. RTHK's UK correspondent, Gavin Grey gave Ben Tse an account of what was in the email:

A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh has been put on display in Egypt, while being reassembled in real time. The cedarwood boat started being pieced together as dozens of visitors watched on. Jamie Clarke has more:

A photo-real AI-generated character is sharpening a hot debate in Hollywood. The question: Are synthetic performers a new creative format, or a threat to human performers' rights and pay? Jamie Clarke has the story: