Public transport; MTR, bus, light rail, tram, ferry
Almost 4,000 potentially dangerous buildings have illegally ignored mandatory inspection notices for up to 10 years, with the majority of outstanding safety notices issued well before the pandemic and hundreds as long […]
Staring at smokers could be construed as intimidating or offensive behaviour under Hong Kong law, according to a former Hong Kong police officer who says he was “astounded” at recent instructions from […]
Many of us know, intellectually at least, the urban challenges of our elderly. We see “cardboard grannies” stooped and struggling against traffic. We hear of elderly knocked down and killed on the […]
A woman has died at a Sai Kung blackspot earlier exposed by a former Hong Kong police officer as deadly road design. The crash happened at 7.27pm last night, when 58-year-old Ms […]
Officials will likely greenlight plans to raze a popular kids’ cycle playground on Friday, making way for a car park and wet market complex in Kowloon City Walled Park, according to clandestine […]
“Under-performing” concrete plant operators, including firms such as China Concrete who have lost their environmental permits, will be banned from taking part in competitive tenders for a new concrete plant at the […]
More railings would prevent injuries from bus crashes: that’s the key recommendation from a Hong Kong University research team who studied thousands of Hong Kong bus dashcam videos for clues on pedestrian […]
Hundreds of bus staff illegally smoke in no-smoking public transport interchanges despite many warnings and a pledge from bus firms to resolve the problem, a Transit Jam investigation has found. A survey […]
The government has defended the creation of an almost all-male “Council of Advisers” for the Chief Executive, claiming the concept of “appointment by merit prevails” in the formation of government advisory and […]
A Cheung Chau man whose granddaughter died on his illegal Taobao e-trike was sentenced to probation and a small fine on Tuesday, with the magistrate saying the man had suffered enough from […]
