Almost 100 people were prosecuted for cycling offences this week as police swept through Yuen Long on a “cycle safety” campaign. Police said food delivery cyclists were the main target of the […]
YUEN LONG COPS TARGET FOOD DELIVERY CYCLISTS
EXCLUSIVE: GOVT BACKTRACKS ON “CAR FREE” LANTAU TOMORROW, SAYS “CAR FREE ZONES” INSTEAD
The Development Bureau (DevB) has walked back a senior official’s remarks that Lantau Tomorrow Vision could be “car free”, suggesting instead there would be the possibility of “car-free or less car zones” […]
NEW CYCLE TRACK DESIGN WELCOMED BY CYCLING GROUP
A new 2.3km cycling track opened in Tsuen Wan today, offering panoramic views of the Rambler Channel and Tsing Yi and connecting to Tsuen Wan West MTR station. Martin Turner, chairman […]
“TALKING TO REPORTERS” MADE ‘RIDE OF SILENCE’ ILLEGAL, SUGGESTS POLICE LIAISON
A police liaison officer says the police crackdown on the 16th Hong Kong Ride of Silence may have been justified if organisers had made any kind of speech to reporters or on […]
“STUPID AND INAPPROPRIATE”: STUNT COP WAS HANDLING COMPLAINT OF “BICYCLES OCCUPYING THE LANE”
A police motorbike officer seen mocking a group of cyclists on Castle Peak Road was “dealing with a complaint about bicycle [sic] occupying the lane,” according to a police spokeswoman. In a […]
MIRACLE AS CYCLIST WALKS AWAY AFTER FALLING UNDER BUS
A man who fell under a bus after his bicycle flipped on a tram track had a miraculous escape this afternoon, with apparently no injuries from his horrifying brush with death. The […]
KAI TAK GREENWAY BRIDGE “BREACHES HARBOUR PROTECTION LAW”: ZIMMERMAN
The government’s newly released plans for Kai Tak development would breach the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance, says Southern District Council Vice Chair Paul Zimmerman, with a proposed bridge between Kai Tak […]
POLICE ARREST HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER AFTER BICYCLE SMASH
Police have arrested a woman after she smashed into a man on a bicycle in Sheung Shui last night and then sped off, returning to the scene some 15 minutes later to […]
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 […]
CYCLING SHOWDOWN LOOMS AS TRANSPORT DEPT DIGS IN AGAINST GOVT’S CLIMATE VISION
Transport Department’s long-held position that cycling along Nathan Road – or anywhere in Hong Kong’s urban areas – is ‘not recommended’ clashes with the government’s latest climate change vision Battle lines have […]
