A picture of a promotional “bus” bedecked in red for the 100th anniversary of the China Communist Party (CCP) was found to be a fake, after netizens revealed the true picture behind […]
CCP’S BIRTHDAY “BUS” IS FOUND TO BE PHOTOSHOPPED TRAM
James Ockenden
Writer, journalist and sustainability consultant with a passion for clean technology and public health. 25 years covering power and energy markets: former editor of Power Plant Technology, International Power Generation, Asian Electricity, Aircraft Economics, Energy Risk, Asia Risk, Benchmark; writer for South China Morning Post, Cathay Dragon's Silkroad, APlus, Veolia's "Planet", Hong Kong Tatler; founder of Blue Skies China. MSocSc in Corporate Environmental Governance, University of Hong Kong; BA & MA degree in Natural Sciences (major in Materials Science & Metallurgy), Cambridge University.
NO PROSECUTION SINCE 2007: OMBUDSMAN TO PROBE GOVT FAILURE ON ABANDONED VEHICLES
The Ombudsman is to probe government failure to act on abandoned vehicles illegally occupying government land, 14 years since the last successful prosecution of an abandoned vehicle case. “For years, the government […]
CLOSE CALL: FINANCIAL SECRETARY’S ILLEGALLY PARKED LEXUS DRAWS CRITICISM
The Financial Secretary’s official Lexus was caught lawbreaking through Prince Edward yesterday, first stopping illegally to pick up the Secretary and then cutting up a bus from the inside lane to cross […]
“INNOVATIVE AND STEALTHY”: SMUGGLERS PICK E-BIKE FOR LAST-MILE SPEEDBOAT TRANSFER
An “electric bicycle”, as labelled by Customs, was the last-mile solution of choice for a gang of smugglers, who used the machine in their midnight plan to shift two truckloads of illicit […]
NEW VEHICLE TEST COMPLEX HACKED, PERSONAL DATA STOLEN ON 28,000 VEHICLES
Hackers have attacked the government’s new Transport Department Vehicle Examination Complex (TDVEC), stealing private data on as many as 28,000 vehicles. Full data on vehicles booked in for tests, including vehicle registration […]
BREAKING: SECOND WOMAN ARRESTED OVER SHA TIN BUS SMASH
Police have arrested a second woman linked to Saturday’s fatal Sha Tin bus smash, a day after she turned herself in to authorities. Dashcam footage had shown Ms Wong, 29, driving her […]
PEDESTRIAN DEAD, TAXI DRIVER ARRESTED: THIRD FATAL CRASH IN 36 HOURS
A taxi driver reportedly knocked down and killed a pedestrian in Kwun Tong in the early hours of this morning, Hong Kong’s third fatal road crash in the last 36 hours. Mr […]
MUSTANG PASSENGER KILLED IN “HIGH SPEED” COLLISION WITH TRASH TRUCK ON NATHAN ROAD
Police arrested the driver of a sports car after his high-speed overtaking manoeuvre on a city street ended in the death of his passenger. Mr Chau, 31, had been driving south on […]
BUS CAPTAIN DEAD AFTER AUDI DRIVER SKIPS LIGHTS, RAMS MINIBUS
A car driver rammed into a minibus at a Sha Tin junction this afternoon, in a crash which killed the minibus driver and seriously injured six passengers. Video footage of the incident […]
CHIEF SEC’S CHAUFFEUR REPRIMANDED FOR ILLEGAL PARKING
Hong Kong’s second-in-command came under fire this week after his car was spotted illegally parked on Queen’s Road Central for about an hour last Tuesday afternoon while he visited a National Security […]
