Cabin fever and a queue-free Peak Tram are driving hordes up to Victoria Peak for some fresh air… but if you find Candylicious and Gordon Ramsay aren’t your idea of the “great […]
TIME FOR BED… THE PEAK’S FASTEST ROUTE DOWN
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.
GOV WILL BUILD RING ROAD, COST UNKNOWN BUT “WE CAN AFFORD IT”
Hong Kong’s finance chief tightened the concrete noose encircling the city today, with the “Lantau Tomorrow” ring road project billed as a top priority in the 2020 budget. At a shiftless Legislative […]
SPORTS GROUND BIKE EXCUSES “DISRESPECTFUL”: HKCAll
Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) has drawn fire for comments made during an Ombudsman investigation into the department’s policy on bicycle parking. In a February 6 written response to […]
TAXI KILLS PEDESTRIAN IN SUNDAY’S SECOND FATAL TAXI SMASH
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a taxi on Ting Kok Road last night, hours after another taxi killed a woman in Tuen Mun. According to police, at about 8.24pm a taxi […]
TAXI LOSES CONTROL, KILLS PEDESTRIAN ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident in Tuen Mun today (February 23) in which a 43-year-old woman died. At about 11.55am, a taxi driven by a 71-year-old man was travelling along […]
“AMERICAN LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE AUTOMOBILE” IS FLAWED CLICHÉ, SAYS PROF
The “American Love Affair with the Automobile” is a flawed stereotype hampering the development of more walkable cities and concealing a century of persistent pedestrian practices amongst millions of Americans, according to […]
SCOFFLAW VAN PLOUGHS INTO SIDEWALK, RAILINGS FLOP LIKE NOODLES
A two-tonne seven-seater Toyota driving illegally through a restricted zone crashed through safety railings on the busy Caine Road on the 18th February at 14:53. It is believed the driver lost control […]
SAFER CARS LIKE “LOW TAR CIGARETTES”
To a machine, Hong Kong doesn’t look so different from Marrakech, Guadalajara or Port-au-Prince – at least, according to new urban design neural networks developed by a team of scientists led from […]
TOWNGAS ‘FORGETS’ PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CODE
Towngas has apologised after “forgetting” to implement government pedestrian safety guidelines at a work site on Caine Road this week. Workmen at the site spent the last week or so digging the […]
PILOT-FUNDED E-BUSES & HYBRID MINIBUSES DISAPPOINT
There are no Chinese- or Hong Kong-made electric buses and hybrid minibuses currently ready for wide-scale commercial use, say the latest reports from the Environmental Protection Department’s Pilot Green Transport Fund. However, […]
