Hong Kong’s new water taxi service sullies the name of water taxis and should be properly labelled a “tourist boat”, says District Councillor and CEO of Designing Hong Kong Paul Zimmerman, as […]
“WATER TAXI” IS NO TAXI, SAYS ZIMMERMAN
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.
CKS ACQUIRES 60% OF NWFF AHEAD OF ISLAND FERRY SHAKE-UP
Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group), the state-owned firm whose subsidiary won Hong Kong’s first water taxi tender last month, will acquire 60% of local ferry firm New World First Ferry (NWFF) from […]
WALK DVRC TO RUN OUT OF MONEY BY JULY
Walkability charity Walk DVRC will run out of money by July, says its CEO Jennifer Walker Frisinger, as core family foundation donors shift to poverty and hunger charities during the pandemic. Unless […]
“SOCIAL DISTANCING MACHINE” HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF STREET SPACE
Mobility activists took to the streets in Transit Jam‘s “social distancing machine” this morning, to highlight what they say is the unfair distribution of street space and difficulties in maintaining Covid-19 distancing […]
GOVT STEPS UP ATTACK ON URBAN BIKE PARKING
Cyclists are fuming at the government’s hardened stance on bicycle parking, seen in a draft of Hong Kong’s new Road Users’ Code gazetted Friday. Under existing law, and as outlined in the […]
MINIBUS CRASH VAN DRIVER MAY HAVE BLACKED OUT AT WHEEL
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 […]
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 […]
