LABOUR DEPT SHOWS FIRE SAFETY LENIENCY JUST DAYS AFTER BLAZE
Less than a week after a housing estate inferno killed 151 people, Hong Kong’s Labour Department is already taking a lenient approach in its citywide investigation into fire safety at 61 bamboo […]
CIVIL SOCIETY RESTORES DELETED OMBUDSMAN ARCHIVE
Civil rights activists have uploaded the entire historical record of Hong Kong Ombudsman reports to an open-source public repository, with hundreds of reports and indexes now available through GitHub. The move comes […]
E-BIKE CRACKDOWN CONTINUES WITH SIX ARRESTS
Police have arrested another six e-bike riders, stressing the machines are illegal on roads, pavements and cycle tracks and urging the public not to test the law. During a Hong Kong Island […]
DELIVERY CYCLIST GORED BY DUMP TRUCK, DRIVER ARRESTED
Police have arrested a dump truck driver for dangerous driving after a delivery cyclist was run over and trapped under the heavy vehicle in Causeway Bay this afternoon. Driver Mr Chen, 27, […]
11 ARRESTED ON MID-AUTUMN STREET RACING OP
West Kowloon police arrested eight men and three women aged between 28 and 50 during a two-day traffic operation over the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Police say they patrolled expressways in “stealth” vehicles […]
COPS ISSUE HUNDREDS OF TICKETS FOR ILLEGAL BICYCLE PARKING, 35 ARRESTS FOR E-BIKE OFFENCES
Police declared war on illegal bicycle parking in Sha Tin last Friday (13 September), giving over six hundred tickets and 14 court summonses for bicycle parking and riding offences. With the aim […]
MAINLAND CYCLE STAR HAYLEY PAN KILLED IN TOUR BUS CRASH ON LANTAU
A mainland cycling celebrity has been killed in a crash with a tour bus on a Lantau road while riding in Hong Kong. The woman, Hayley Pan, 31, was riding on Keung […]
10 ARRESTED FOR SCOOTER AND E-BIKE RIDING
Cops arrested seven men and three women for riding e-scooters and e-bikes in an operation spanning five police districts on Thursday. The arrested persons, aged between 23 and 74 and caught in […]
NO ARREST AFTER “ROCKY III” DRIVER SMASHES INTO RECYCLING GRANNY
Police say they have made no arrests after a van driver swerved into an elderly woman who was collecting cardboard along the road in Chai Wan yesterday evening. Ms Wong, 72, was […]
MAN KILLED AS TOUR BUS DRIVER MAKES ILLEGAL LEFT TURN ONTO CROSSING
A 51-year-old man was killed on a pedestrian crossing today in Mong Kok this afternoon, with video footage revealing a tour bus making an illegal left turn onto a green-man crossing. The […]
