A 52-year-old Hong Kong teacher died in a bicycle accident on Bride’s Pool Road this evening, less than 100 metres from the site of a fatal car smash last night. Chris Hattam, […]
BRIDE’S POOL ROAD CLAIMS SECOND VICTIM IN 24 HOURS AS CYCLIST KILLED
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.
YOUNG MAN KILLED AT RACING BLACKSPOT
A young man died after smashing a sports car into a lamppost at a deadly racing blackspot last night (14 December). 20-year-old Mr Leung was driving along Bride’s Pool Road in a […]
BUILD MORE CAR PARKING AT KAI TAK: CRUISE TERMINAL BOSS
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal boss Jeff Bent said he is “not mourning” the cancellation of the Kai Tak monorail and called for more car parking on the former airport runway site as […]
PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON OUTSKIRTS OF GOVT’S “WALKABLE URBAN AREA”
A man was killed crossing a road on the edge of the government’s “Walkable Urban Area” pilot area in Sham Shui Po yesterday, highlighting issues with the government’s “pedestrian infrastructure” approach to […]
BAD START TO ROADSIDE SKIP LICENSING: GOVT’S POSTER CHILDREN ILLEGALLY PLACED, OVERLOADED
A pilot scheme to overhaul the skip industry has come under immediate fire, with two of the first skips certified found to be already in breach of key road safety and environmental […]
THE GREAT INDOORS: MALL-MAPPING FIRM SCOOPS GOVT TECH PRIZE
A solution to wayfinding in the “complicated maze” of Hong Kong’s indoor environment has won a top prize in the government’s annual technology awards. Navigation firm MapHive says indoor navigation is especially […]
ADVENTURER CRUSHED BY OUT-OF-CONTROL FIRE ENGINE IN SAI KUNG
A swerving fire truck crushed an American man to death this afternoon (6 December), with shocking footage showing the victim, who was on a bicycle, macerated between the truck and a parked […]
FORMER BMX STAR KILLED IN TAXI COLLISION
The father of a Hong Kong BMX star killed in a Yuen Long taxi collision last Monday has appealed for drivers to come forward with dashcam footage to help find the cause […]
PEDESTRIAN ROUTE APPS GET A BOOST WITH FREE GOVT 3D DATA
In a boost to walkability, the government today released its 3D Pedestrian Network and 3D Visualisation Map datasets, allowing map and route-planning developers to freely access details of Hong Kong’s extensive network […]
GUANGZHOU’S ROBOTAXIS COMPLETE 150,000 TRIPS IN FIRST YEAR
Just 100 km north of Hong Kong, China’s first robotaxi service has completed its first year of operation, making nearly 150,000 autonomous trips within its 144-sq-km sandbox boundary in Huangpu in Guangzhou. […]
