Police have arrested the driver of a cement truck for dangerous driving after he crushed a man on a bike to death in Yuen Long this afternoon. Driver Mr Wong, 65, was […]
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER CEMENT MIXER CRUSHES CYCLIST TO DEATH
GOVT SHOULD USE MORE TAXIS, SAYS LAWMAKER, ON SOARING COST OF SALOON CAR HIRE
LegCo’s Transport Panel chairman Frankie Yick Chi-ming has called on the government to curb its use of hired saloons and use more taxis after government figures revealed a soaring cost per hire […]
MARK X HIT-AND-RUN LEAVES WOMAN DEAD IN TUEN MUN
A woolly hat and a bloodstain on a parked car have sparked a manhunt for the car owner, after a woman was found dead in the street in Tuen Mun this morning. […]
CITY COULD LOSE $470M ANNUALLY FROM “SMART METER” MISUSE
Central’s new “Smart Meters” showed a legal occupancy of just 45% last week, with miserly drivers preferring to park illegally across the street and with around 15% of the metered spaces illegally […]
GOVT SNEAKS IN 4,000 NEW ON-STREET PARKING SPACES UNDER GUISE OF “SMART METER” REPLACEMENT
The government will add up to new 4,000 kerbside parking spaces across the city under the guise of its so-called “smart meter” initiative, Transit Jam has learned, with the new spaces bypassing […]
LUCKY ESCAPE FOR MOTORCYCLIST IN HEAD-ON BRIDE’S POOL ROAD SMASH
A motorcyclist who struck a car head-on in a high-speed crash on Bride’s Pool Road this morning walked away refusing medical treatment, according to police. Video footage shows Mr Lam, 40, coming […]
LAWMAKER DRIVING WHILE ZOOMING LEGCO HOUSING MEETING
Lawmaker Kwok Wai-keung was yesterday seen driving during a video meeting of the LegCo Housing Panel, with the lawmaker later claiming he had found a safe place to park and was retreating […]
RUNAWAY POLICE VAN CAREENS BACKWARDS DOWN COTTON TREE DRIVE, THREE CIVILIANS INJURED
Three people were injured today when a runaway police van with improperly set handbrake plunged down Cotton Tree Drive and rammed into a shuttle bus, striking a minibus and a taxi on […]
YOUNG TRUCK DRIVER KILLS PEDESTRIAN IN RUSH HOUR HUNG HOM
A delivery truck mowed down and killed a pedestrian on a crossing in rush-hour Hung Hom this morning, its driver arrested for dangerous driving causing death. Mr Ng, 24, was driving the […]
RISING STAR: ALPHARD NUMBERS ARE CAUSE FOR CONCERN
OP-ED BY GUEST WRITER JOHN BARCLAY Alphard: the brightest star in the Hydra constellation, but a blight on Hong Kong’s roads. According to new government figures, there are now an incredible 218,000 […]
