A 68-year-old man has died crossing a road in Tai Po after a driver ran him over yesterday evening. Mr Cheuk was crossing near 57 Ting Kok Road when he was struck […]
PEDESTRIAN KILLED YARDS FROM EARLIER TING KOK ROAD CRASH, DRIVER ARRESTED
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.
KILLER T: 9 OUT OF 10 DRIVERS IGNORE STOP SIGN AT DEADLY CHEUNG SHA WAN JUNCTION
A survey of a deadly Cheung Sha Wan junction, where a man was run over and killed last month, found fewer than one in 10 motor vehicle drivers obeying the “Stop” […]
ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS LIE ABOUT HENDERSON CONSTRUCTION SITE FALLING DEBRIS CLEAN-UP
Officials have lied about the clean-up of fallen debris from a building site in Sai Wan Ho with the area still littered with scaffolding dregs despite assurances from the government the issue […]
GOVT-CONTRACTED DRIVER ARRESTED AS PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON PAVEMENT IN 3RD SANITATION TRUCK DEATH IN 10 DAYS
A government-contracted driver lost control of his cleaning truck last night, ploughing into five vehicles and causing a shunt which killed a 65-year-old pedestrian on the pavement. 65-year-old driver Mr Luk was […]
TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER HIT-AND-RUN PUTS CYCLIST IN HOSPITAL
Police this afternoon caught up with and arrested a truck driver six hours after a serious crash which hospitalized a 70 year-old man. Mr So, 70, was riding a bicycle along Kam […]
ANOTHER GARBAGE TRUCK DEATH AS FEHD DRIVER KILLS 85-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN
A government garbage truck driver knocked over and killed an elderly man in Cheung Sha Wan this morning, the second garbage truck death in six days and coming a month after a […]
HIGH COURT SLAMS MAGISTRATE “BIAS” IN PEDESTRIAN CRASH VICTIM’S 91-DAY “JAYWALKING” TRIAL
The High Court has thrown out a Deputy Magistrate’s “tainted” and “bias[ed]” decision on HK$620,000 court costs and called for Bar Association and Law Society investigations into two defence lawyers following a […]
MAN RIDING BICYCLE KILLED IN TUEN MUN, VAN DRIVER ARRESTED
A 71-year-old man riding a bicycle died after being knocked down by a van driver in Tuen Mun early this morning. Police do not yet have full details of the tragedy – […]
GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER 93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED CROSSING THE ROAD
A 93-year-old woman has died after a garbage truck driver ran her over on a Chai Wan side street this morning. According to reports, 48-year-old Baguio employee Mr Leung was driving the […]
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TESTED ON PUBLIC ROADS, RESEARCHERS AND GOVT REFUSE TO COMMENT
Researchers and the government are keeping quiet as video emerged showing an apparent test of an autonomous vehicle (AV) on a public Hong Kong road in June this year. In video shared […]
