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 […]
MAINLAND CYCLE STAR HAYLEY PAN KILLED IN TOUR BUS CRASH ON LANTAU
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.
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 […]
BUS CAPTAIN SUSPENDED FOR SMOKING AND USING PHONE WHILE DRIVING PASSENGERS
KMB says it has suspended a bus driver caught smoking and watching a video on his mobile phone while driving route 59M on the Tuen Mun Highway last night. Several passing motorists […]
FIVE INJURED AT INNOVATION PARK CRANE COLLAPSE
Five workers were hospitalised yesterday afternoon after a crane carrying a two-tonne concrete block collapsed and fell around 20 metres at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park (HSITP) being constructed in […]
IMPORTED WORKER CHARGED WITH SOLICITING BRIBES FROM SUBORDINATES AT THIRD RUNWAY PROJECT
An imported worker at Hong Kong’s “third runway” project was yesterday charged with bribing 10 fellow workers to help them keep their jobs in Hong Kong under the imported labour scheme. Chen […]
GOVT PLEDGES “BETTER BICYCLE STORAGE, CONNECTIVITY” FOR ESTATES UNDER NEW DESIGN BLUEPRINT
Hong Kong’s Housing Department (HD) promises to offer better bicycle access and storage at new public housing estates as well as improve bicycle facilities at existing estates, officials told Transit Jam at […]
BANNED KILLER DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FERRARI NABBED AT TWICE SPEED LIMIT, DRUG TEST FAILED
Police have arrested a habitual driving offender who was banned from driving for life in 2017 after multiple dangerous driving convictions, including causing a death and for driving with multiple suspensions. The […]
DOUBTS CAST ON $10M “RED LIGHT” JUSTIFICATION AS 100% OF INSTALLED PROJECTORS FOUND NON-FUNCTIONAL
A Transit Jam study has found 100% of “red light projectors” being rolled out by Transport Department (TD) are non-functional in daylight or obstructed, raising questions on a government-commissioned $330,000 University of […]
