My new year’s resolution was to try to be more positive, so let me say I *LOVE LOVE LOVE* the new licence plate search system for journalists. It’s like using a smart […]
WELL DONE TRANSPORT DEPT!
6 DEATHS IN 42 MONTHS AT “AGGRESSIVE” GOVT CONTRACTOR
Cowboy construction firm Aggressive Construction has been blamed for six worker deaths in the last 42 months, the latest tragedy happening yesterday at a government worksite near West Kowloon. A 56-year-old electrician […]
SCOOP: LADDER ST ARTWORK KILLERS HAVE 8-YEAR-OUTSTANDING “FALLING CONCRETE” NOTICE
In what must surely count as the most egregious case of misplaced priorities in Hong Kong this year, the Incorporated Owners of 147 Caine Road pressured a ground floor shop to remove […]
COMPLEX DANGER COMPLAINT PROCESS “DEFINITELY NOT TO CUT OUR WORKLOAD”: LABOUR DEPT
The Labour Department has hit back at criticism over its complex reporting and public complaint procedures, saying the process is “definitely not to cut our workload or somehow put members of the […]
RIGGED “TRIAL” IS AN INSULT TO THE POTENTIAL OF E-BIKES AND E-CARGO
Boffins at the Transport Department have spent millions of dollars and three years to find exactly what they wanted to find about e-mobility. By rigging the game – allowing only specific machines […]
NEW TSEUNG KWAN O CYCLE BRIDGE “A VERY WELCOME DEVELOPMENT”
Guest article by Martin Turner, chairman of the Hong Kong Cycling Alliance (HKCAll) The new Cross Bay Link (bridge) in Tseung Kwan O – with its striking ‘infinity loop’ design – will […]
HONG KONG WORKER DEATH RATE IS DOUBLE QATAR’S
Two separate and tragic worker deaths in Hong Kong today spotlight the city’s appalling record on worker safety, with comparisons against even beleaguered World Cup 2022 host Qatar showing “Asia’s World City” […]
THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS: A VITAL BOOK OF INSIGHTS FOR THE WORLD’S UNSPOKEN TRAUMA
“Accident” was the first word I learned at journalism school, in Teeline shorthand at least, denoted by a simple “x” amongst all the complex squiggles of other words, inspiring a collective gasp […]
COWBOY CONSTRUCTION CREATES PEDESTRIAN HELL
The last week has been deadly for construction workers working at Kai Tak: three have died in three separate incidents, with one falling from scaffolding, one crushed by a cement pod and […]
OPINION: CITY CANNOT SUSTAIN “REPLICATOR ECONOMY”
“Tea, Earl Grey, hot!” barks Captain Jean-Luc Picard at the starship replicators. A steaming cup of tea appears in seconds. “Meat sticks, Thai, hot!” orders the man to the tablet in his […]
