3 DEAD, 90 INJURED IN DEADLIEST LUNAR NEW YEAR ON THE ROADS SINCE 2006
Three people have died and almost 90 have been injured in a spell of road violence marking the worst Lunar New Year on the roads since 2006. Police reported three fatal road […]
CHINA CONCRETE AND FORMER JUSTICE SEC FAIL HIGH COURT BID AGAINST GOVT SHUTDOWN ORDER: YET BANDIT PLANT STILL RUNNING
Former Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen, representing embattled concrete firm China Concrete, failed in his bid to appeal a long-standing government decision to shut down a polluting Yau Tong concrete yesterday when […]
TRIAD WHO ATTACKED BUS FOUNDER ARRESTED IN DRUG FACTORY HOME, $2M COCAINE AND CASH SEIZED
A self-professed triad who attacked AN Bus founder Franki Li during a traffic altercation has been arrested after police tracked him down and found millions of dollars of drugs and cash in […]
A TAXING WALK NO MORE: GOVT WILL ADD GREEN MAN CROSSING OUTSIDE NEW TAX BUILDING
Inland Revenue’s new public building in Kai Tak will get a signalised pedestrian crossing near its Concorde Road entrance after questions were raised over pedestrian safety in accessing the new tax offices. […]
GOVT CLAMPS DOWN ON ITS HARBOURFRONT BIKE TRIAL CONTRACTOR, ADMITS “DEFECTIVE BIKES”
The government has sharpened oversight of its Central Harbourfront bike rental scheme after most of the rental bikes randomly tested in December were found with serious mechanical problems. In response to findings […]
PEDESTRIAN KILLED UNDER MEGABOX FOOTBRIDGE
A woman was killed on Kai Fuk Road just yards away from a pedestrian footbridge in the early hours of this morning. 52-year-old Ms Chen was apparently struck by a taxi driven […]
11-YEAR-OLD GIRL RUN DOWN ON STREET, 7-SEATER DRIVER ARRESTED
A schoolgirl is in critical condition after being run down on a pavement and dragged and trapped under a seven-seater car outside a car park in Sha Tin yesterday evening. The horrific […]
“TOO MUCH CONGESTION FOR NUMBERPLATE RECOGNITION TO WORK”: GOVT
Vehicles in Hong Kong drive too close to each other for numberplate recognition to work reliably, the government said today, defending a costly decision to send every vehicle in the city a […]
91-YEAR-OLD MAN KILLED CROSSING ROAD ON TAI WAI ESTATE
A 91-year-old man has died after being run over by a 54-year-old taxi driver on a road in Tai Wai. Mr Ho was crossing Chui Tin Street near Sun Chui Estate at […]
INLAND REVENUE: PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT NEW $3.6BN OFFICES “NOT OUR PURVIEW”
Inland Revenue Department (IRD) has hit back at criticism of pedestrian dangers outside its $3.6 billion new office tower, claiming street design is not its purview despite boasting of “easy access” to […]
