COPS CATCH JUST 150 VEHICLES IN 10-DAY QRC PARKING CLAMPDOWN
An illegal parking crackdown on Queen’s Road Central, boasting new video surveillance and street officers, has netted just 152 parking tickets over 10 days. Hong Kong Island traffic police say they mounted […]
GOVT UPHOLDS GOLD COAST BRIDGE BIKE BAN: “CYCLISTS MAY FALL INTO THE SEA”
Transport Department (TD) has knocked back a campaigner’s request to open a scenic and useful road to bicycles, citing “the potential risk of cyclists falling from the bridge to the sea” as […]
CYCLISTS DISMOUNT: 68 TICKETS GIVEN AS YUEN LONG COPS TARGET BIKES
A man using a bicycle is ticketed for not dismounting at a cycle track junction in Yuen Long Police in Yuen Long ticketed 68 cyclists earlier this week for non-compliance with “cyclists […]
LESS THAN 0.4% OF NEW GOODS VEHICLES ELECTRIC, DESPITE MASSIVE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES ON OFFER
Just 93 out of 24,283 goods vehicles registered in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2020 were electric, government figures show, despite $1.1 billion in subsidies offered by the government for new electric […]
PEDESTRIAN INJURED AS DOPE DRIVER FLEES POLICE AFTER BUS LANE WARNING
A 61-year-old woman suffered a broken foot this morning as the unlicensed driver of a Mercedes-Benz convertible lost control while fleeing police and rammed a railing in Fortress Hill. A police unit […]
INVISIBLE TOUCH: BRAVO GOES FULL CONTACTLESS
Over 300 routes run by CityBus and New World First Bus will accept contactless credit card and mobile payments from Saturday 16 October, with owner Bravo Transport claiming to be the first […]
SMART METERS OFFLINE AS TOP-UP BUG STRIKES AGAIN
The remote payment system for thousands of “smart” parking meters has been offline this morning “due to a backend system problem”, according to Transport Department (TD), the second failure in several months. […]
TAXI MURDER SUSPECT ARRESTED ON LAMMA 38 HOURS AFTER FRENZIED KNIFE ATTACK
A man wanted in connection with a murderous knife attack on a taxi driver on Queen’s Road West has been arrested at a grocery store on Lamma Island, police say. Police say […]
MAINLAND ELECTRIC DOUBLE-DECKER FINALLY CLEARS “PRE-TYPE APPROVAL” INTO HONG KONG
Hong Kong’s first double-decker electric bus cleared customs into Hong Kong yesterday, after months reportedly stuck in Shenzhen awaiting “pre-type approval”. The bus, made uniquely for Hong Kong, is a joint venture […]
DEADLY DAY OF ROAD VIOLENCE: FOUR DEAD IN THREE CRASHES AND A MURDER
Hong Kong has suffered a deadly day on the roads since Monday night with three separate road deaths and the murder of a taxi driver in less than 20 hours. In Western […]
