Sources say new fees for public hospital services will be rolled out in three phases starting as early as January next year. It's also understood the fee for accident and emergency care at public hospitals will go up from HK$180 to less than HK$400. Hailey Yip reports:

Local airlines will no longer allow passengers to use or recharge their portable chargers during flights. Storing power banks in the overhead compartments is also banned. This comes after a minor fire erupted on board a Hong Kong Airlines plane this month, while in January an Air Busan plane that was about to take off for Hong Kong went up in flames. Elvis Yu reports:

Pharmaceutical firms wishing to register new drugs in Hong Kong will soon be able to consult health officials before filing an actual application, saving both sides time and effort. Here's Raymond Yeung:

The government says tennis and billiards have retained their Tier A sport status for two years, avoiding a downgrade that would result in significant funding cuts. The government also announced an increase in funding for elite and full-time athletes. Elvis Yu has more:

Professor Patrick Lau, chair of the Department of Sport and Health Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University, welcomed the government's announcement on Tier A sports status for billiards and tennis:

The secretary for culture, sports and tourism has called on the ticketing platform Cityline to explain misprints on Coldplay concert tickets. Rosanna Law said the platform has to apologise over the matter. Concert goers who received Coldplay tickets with printing errors can now exchange them at seven booths in Hong Kong. Here's Elvis Yu:

The Housing Authority says well-off public housing tenants will be given sufficient time to move out of their flats once rules are tightened. A few hundred flats are expected to be vacated after the regulations take effect. Vanessa Cheng reports:

Environment minister Tse Chin-wan says Hong Kong will continue to strive for carbon neutrality by 2050. As Charlie Chun reports, he highlighted the city's multi-pronged plan to achieve the goal.

The government has expressed confidence that it can exceed the target of attracting over 200 large family offices by the end of the year. As Chloe Feng reports, officials plan to make the "Wealth for Good in Hong Kong Summit" an annual event to lure family offices to the city.

Shenzhen-based carmaker BYD saw a surge in revenue last year, a stock filing showed, surpassing the US$100 billion mark and beating rival Tesla as the car-giant accelerates its overseas expansion. Azam Khan reports:

China says it will implement a more proactive fiscal policy this year. Finance Minister Lan Foan also said the country's economic and fiscal strengths have grown significantly. Chloe Feng reports:

Top Democrats are calling for an urgent investigation after a prominent journalist was inadvertently included in a group chat in which US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President JD Vance and other top American officials discussed upcoming strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels. President Donald Trump announced the strikes on March 15, but in a shocking security breach, The Atlantic magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg wrote he had hours of advance notice via the group chat on Signal. RTHK's Washington correspondent Simon Marks said it represented a serious breach:

A meeting between Russian and US officials on a partial ceasefire in Ukraine ended after 12 hours of negotiations in Saudi Arabia on Monday, with a joint statement expected later on Tuesday. With Ukrainian negotiators waiting nearby, a day after they sat down with the US team, the Americans and Russians met in Riyadh with a Black Sea ceasefire top of the agenda. Despite the talks, both sides have continued to attack each other with drones and missiles. Jamie Clarke reports:

The leaders of Greenland have criticised a trip this week by a high-profile American delegation. That's amid ongoing suggestions by US President Donald Trump that America should annex the semi-autonomous Danish territory. The governments of both Greenland and Denmark have voiced opposition to such a move. Greenland's outgoing prime minister told a local newspaper that, quote, "until recently, we could trust the Americans, who were our allies and friends." But, he added, "that time is over." Jamie Clarke has more:

There's a new twist in the political crisis that's been gripping South Korea since December. The country's Constitutional Court has reinstated Prime Minister Han Duck-soo as acting president. Han took over as acting leader after President Yoon Suk-yeol was impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law in early December. But Han lasted less than two weeks before he himself was impeached and suspended after refusing to appoint three more justices to the Constitutional Court, and clashing with the opposition-led parliament. Seoul correspondent Jack Barton told Jacqueline Guico supporters of Yoon are quite happy with the result:

In a first, the M+ Museum is using artificial intelligence to transform its facade into a canvas celebrating Hong Kong's golden age of film during Art Basel. The "Night Charades" animation works like a fun guessing game - the AI performs scenes for audiences to guess which films they reference. The installation features AI-generated characters performing scenes inspired by legendary Hong Kong stars including Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui. The night-time display runs until late June at M+ Facade. Singaporean artist Ho Tzu-nyen spoke to Kelly Yu about the project:

Hong Kong's first Chinese medicine hospital is set to open later this year, ushering in a new era in the development of Chinese medicine. The facility in Tseung Kwan O takes advantage of China's experience and expertise -- as well as growing cross-boundary collaboration in healthcare. And as Vanessa Cheng tells us in this week's episode of our podcast "China Perspectives", the new hospital showcases to the world advances in Chinese medicine in the country.