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GOVT INVESTIGATING “MORE PRECISE” CRASH REPORTING LANGUAGE

By Amelia Vogelsang

“TALKING TO REPORTERS” MADE ‘RIDE OF SILENCE’ ILLEGAL, SUGGESTS POLICE LIAISON

By James Ockenden
A brightly coloured red ferry crosses the dramatic skyline of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour

STAR FERRY’S “GREEN” FERRY CHUGS OUT SAME CO2 EMISSIONS AS 30-YEAR-OLD DIESEL

By James Ockenden

“WASTEFUL, UNFAIR AND SLOW”: EXPERTS DENOUNCE CITY’S PARKING PLAN

By James Ockenden

HKU STUDY RECOMMENDS MORE RAILINGS TO STAVE OFF BUS CRASH INJURIES

By James Ockenden on March 21, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

HK GOVT DEFENDS NEW 91%-MALE ADVISORY COUNCIL, SAYS PANEL RECRUITS ON “MERIT”

By James Ockenden on March 19, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

PROBATION FOR HOSPITAL FOREMAN WHOSE GRANDDAUGHTER DIED IN MYSTERY E-TRIKE FALL

By James Ockenden on March 16, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

“BUSY HK ISLAND ROADS, PEDESTRIANS AND KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES” EXCUSE HIGH CITYBUS/NWFB CRASH RATE: GOVT

By James Ockenden on March 14, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

FEHD: “NO SUSPECTED BREACHING OF CLEANLINESS OFFENCES” AT ILLEGAL CHINA CONCRETE PLANTS

By James Ockenden on March 13, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

WITH OPPOSITION ON TRIAL, GOVT REVIVES HATED TAI PO RIVER BRIDGE PLAN

By James Ockenden on March 12, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

HKU STUDY RECOMMENDS MORE RAILINGS TO STAVE OFF BUS CRASH INJURIES

By James Ockenden on March 21, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

More railings would prevent injuries from bus crashes: that’s the key recommendation from a Hong Kong University research team who studied thousands of Hong Kong bus dashcam videos for clues on pedestrian […]

BUS CAPTAINS’ RAMPANT ILLEGAL SMOKING CLOUDS BUS STATION AIR

By James Ockenden on March 20, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Hundreds of bus staff illegally smoke in no-smoking public transport interchanges despite many warnings and a pledge from bus firms to resolve the problem, a Transit Jam investigation has found. A survey […]

HK GOVT DEFENDS NEW 91%-MALE ADVISORY COUNCIL, SAYS PANEL RECRUITS ON “MERIT”

By James Ockenden on March 19, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The government has defended the creation of an almost all-male “Council of Advisers” for the Chief Executive, claiming the concept of “appointment by merit prevails” in the formation of government advisory and […]

SUZUKI RIDER KILLED IN TSING YI SMASH, 63-YR-OLD MINIBUS DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on March 17, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Police arrested a 63-year-old minibus driver yesterday after a crash killed a 33-year-old man riding a motorbike. Green minibus driver Mr Wai was driving route 407 along Tsing Yi Road West towards […]

PROBATION FOR HOSPITAL FOREMAN WHOSE GRANDDAUGHTER DIED IN MYSTERY E-TRIKE FALL

By James Ockenden on March 16, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

A Cheung Chau man whose granddaughter died on his illegal Taobao e-trike was sentenced to probation and a small fine on Tuesday, with the magistrate saying the man had suffered enough from […]

“BUSY HK ISLAND ROADS, PEDESTRIANS AND KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES” EXCUSE HIGH CITYBUS/NWFB CRASH RATE: GOVT

By James Ockenden on March 14, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The government has excused higher-than-average crash rates for Citybus and its sister firm New World First Bus (NWFB), claiming the buses operate on “busier roads” and that pedestrian and “kerbside activities” – […]

FEHD: “NO SUSPECTED BREACHING OF CLEANLINESS OFFENCES” AT ILLEGAL CHINA CONCRETE PLANTS

By James Ockenden on March 13, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The government’s environmental hygiene watchdog claims it found “no suspected breaching of cleanliness offences” from two illegal concrete plants in Yau Tong and says that zero prosecutions have been initiated involving environmental […]

WITH OPPOSITION ON TRIAL, GOVT REVIVES HATED TAI PO RIVER BRIDGE PLAN

By James Ockenden on March 12, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

The government has revived a previously-opposed plan to build a new vehicle bridge across the Lam Tsuen river, ignoring earlier opposition and alternative proposals from former politicians and even expanding its original […]

84-YEAR-OLD CABBIE SMASHES THROUGH PACKED PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, FIVE INJURED

By James Ockenden on March 5, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

An 84-year-old taxi driver lost control of his cab and ploughed into three pedestrians before smashing into a traffic light on busy King’s Road at 1pm this afternoon. Dashcam footage shows the […]

BRIDGE ISSUE RAISED AS PEDESTRIAN KILLED BY TAXI DRIVER IN TUEN MUN

By James Ockenden on March 4, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

A pedestrian was killed while crossing a road in Tuen Mun in the early hours of this morning The 68-year-old man was crossing Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road just after 5am […]

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SUZUKI RIDER KILLED IN TSING YI SMASH, 63-YR-OLD MINIBUS DRIVER ARRESTED

PROBATION FOR HOSPITAL FOREMAN WHOSE GRANDDAUGHTER DIED IN MYSTERY E-TRIKE FALL

“BUSY HK ISLAND ROADS, PEDESTRIANS AND KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES” EXCUSE HIGH CITYBUS/NWFB CRASH RATE: GOVT

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