Rescue crews pulled an unconscious van driver with no visible injuries from his light goods vehicle after a slight collision with a minibus near Tai Po this morning, but he could not […]
MINIBUS CRASH VAN DRIVER MAY HAVE BLACKED OUT AT WHEEL
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.
UPGRADED POLICE E-REPORT CENTRE LIMITS DASHCAM EVIDENCE TO 20 MB
The police force will banjax its popular unofficial WhatsApp traffic vigilante hotline and replace it with a new dashcam evidence platform constrained by an upload limit of just 20 MB, police sources […]
VAN MOWS DOWN ELDERLY COUPLE, ONE DIES
Police arrested a van driver after he knocked down two octogenarian pedestrians, one of whom later died in hospital. At around lunchtime yesterday (2 May), 83-year-old Mr Wong was crossing Pau Chung […]
CYCLIST DIES 12 DAYS AFTER KWUN TONG CRASH
A cyclist died in hospital yesterday afternoon after being found injured and semi-conscious on the road 12 days ago. The 60-year old man, Mr Fan, was found lying in Hip Wo Street, […]
DRIVER ARRESTED AS K-TOWN MINIBUS KNOCKS WOMAN DOWN
Police arrested a 73-year-old minibus driver this afternoon after his minibus knocked down a woman on a busy Kennedy Town street. 66-year-old Ms Chan was crossing Davis Road at around 2.45pm when […]
ILLEGAL PARKING COMPLAINTS TREBLE IN Q4 2019
Complaints of illegal parking and bad driving soared 220% in the last quarter of 2019, with 2,132 complaints registered with Transport Complaints Unit (TCU), against 667 in the previous quarter, and 614 […]
YACHT SINKS AFTER FIRE, EXPLOSIONS
A luxury yacht has sunk after a raging fire in Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter, in Kowloon Bay, with two others still on fire as at 4pm. An eyewitness from the 20th floor […]
DISINFECTANT SPRAY BOOTHS TRIALLED AT AIRPORT
Hong Kong International Airport is trialling negative pressure spray-booths to hose passengers down with disinfectant as part of its pandemic action plan. The CLeanTech booths, from AEGIS Intelligent, will run passengers through […]
GOVT FREEZES CAR PARK FEES UNTIL MID-2021
The government has frozen car parking fees for almost 5,000 car parking spaces across a dozen major car parks until 31 May 2021, citing the pandemic’s impact on car park use. The […]
WOMAN DIES IN FALL AS MINIBUS DRIVES OFF WHILE SHE ALIGHTS
A woman has died today (24 April) after earlier falling from a minibus which moved off as she was trying to disembark. 78-year-old Ms. Kwok fell out of the Mong Kok-bound minibus […]
