Police have arrested a 58-year-old bus driver for dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm after a highway smash last night which killed one passenger and injured 11. […]
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.
DRUNK P-PLATE DRIVER SMASHES INTO TAXI, KILLING RETIRED COP CAB DRIVER
A drunk driver driving on a probationary licence lost control of his seven-seater this morning in a high-speed head-on collision with a taxi, killing the retired police officer driving the cab and […]
PANDA RIDERS PLAN WEEKEND STRIKE, PANDAMART BLOCKADES – COMPANY SAYS “RAISE A TICKET” TO TALK
Delivery firm Food Panda has warned riders against striking this weekend, calling on couriers to “raise tickets” to discuss issues through its own app rather than taking union action. According to one […]
VICTORIA HARBOUR RECLAMATION FOR LANTAU ROAD PROJECT “FULLY JUSTIFIED” SAYS ARUP
One of the government’s go-to engineering consultants Arup says reclamation of Victoria Harbour for new road links between Hong Kong Island and Carrie Lam’s Lantau metropolis is “fully justified” under the Protection […]
75-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED FOR USING MOTORISED PERSONAL MOBILITY AID
A 75-year-old man on a motorised Personal Mobility Aid (PMA) was among eight arrested in New Territories North earlier this week as police step up their e-mobility crackdown codenamed “Goldensun”. A total […]
POLICE HAVE NO NUMBERS ON E-BIKE ARRESTS AND SEIZURES
Hong Kong’s police force maintains no data relating to its crackdown on e-bikes and their riders, Transit Jam has learned, after a request for such information was rejected. “Police do not maintain […]
ROYAL BEEF: RETURNING KING SPARKS PUI O BUFFALO FIGHT WHICH INJURED 10
The buffalo chase in Pui O today in which three children were hospitalised and seven others were injured, was just “part of the natural world” says conservationist Jean Hui, a long-time Lantau […]
10 CHILDREN INJURED AS BUFFALOES RUN THROUGH PUI O
Three 8-year-old children were hospitalised this morning, with seven others injured, after two stampeding buffaloes caused panic and chaos in the Pui O rush hour. One girl, 8, was knocked unconscious by […]
ONLY TWO VALID BIDS FOR SITE 3: HENDERSON SCOOPS CENTRAL HARBOURFRONT FOR $50BN
Only two of six development tenders for the prime central harbourfront land known as “Site 3” met minimum standards for price and design quality, the government has revealed, with a $50.8 billion […]
“MAN FROM PRU” ACCUSED OF HARASSING TRUCK IDLING CAMPAIGNER, FIRM SILENT ON “NET ZERO” PROMISE
An agent with British insurance company Prudential is accused of harassing a woman who was trying to film an illegal “show truck” run by the firm at locations across Tsim Sha Tsui. […]