Police arrested the driver of a sports car after his high-speed overtaking manoeuvre on a city street ended in the death of his passenger. Mr Chau, 31, had been driving south on […]
BUS CAPTAIN DEAD AFTER AUDI DRIVER SKIPS LIGHTS, RAMS MINIBUS
A car driver rammed into a minibus at a Sha Tin junction this afternoon, in a crash which killed the minibus driver and seriously injured six passengers. Video footage of the incident […]
CHIEF SEC’S CHAUFFEUR REPRIMANDED FOR ILLEGAL PARKING
Hong Kong’s second-in-command came under fire this week after his car was spotted illegally parked on Queen’s Road Central for about an hour last Tuesday afternoon while he visited a National Security […]
PEDESTRIAN SUCCUMBS TO TRUCK CRASH INJURIES AFTER 8-DAY COMA
A woman who was run down by a truck driver on an unnamed Yuen Long road has died of her injuries eight days after the crash. Ms Lam, 67, was walking near […]
“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 […]
MISSPELLING AND BRIBES: TAXI ASSOCIATION’S SINISTER 2016 LEGCO VOTE RIGGING SCHEME BUSTED
Two taxi association staff have pleaded guilty to their roles in a vote buying and rigging scheme that allowed around 240 people to register as members of a professional organisation with fake […]
JAYWALKING TICKETS SURGE 1,000% IN “UNFAIR AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS” CRACKDOWN
A police “safety” campaign has seen pedestrian ticketing rise over 1,000% in the first quarter of 2021, with beat cops giving almost 2,400 tickets for jaywalking offences in the first three months […]
“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 […]
GANGSTERS SWAMP MOTORBIKE INSPECTION QUEUES, RE-SELL SPOTS FOR BIG PROFITS
Criminal gangs are using WhatsApp groups to snap up Transport Department (TD) inspection queue tokens and re-sell them for huge profits, Yahoo news reported today. According to Yahoo, gangs are taking advantage […]
HK$6.8M UPGRADE HANDOUT FOR BUILDERS TO FIX ILLEGAL ROADSIDE SKIPS
Taxpayers will fork out HK$6.8 million for the skip trade to bring illegal roadside skips into compliance with the law, the government revealed this week. The scheme, a collaboration between the government […]