A young woman has died in hospital after she was hit by a runaway car in Soho last night. Police say the French national, who was 27 years old, passed away at […]
SOHO PEDESTRIANISATION WEBSITE SCRUBBED, GOVT SILENT IN WAKE OF FATAL CRASH
The government discussed plans to pedestrianise Staunton Street in a $13m consultancy which it has since quietly deleted A $13.9 million government study pledging pedestrian zones in Central and Sham Shui Po, […]
ANTI-PEDESTRIAN CAMPAIGN STEPS UP AHEAD OF CHRISTMAS
The war on pedestrians has stepped up a notch in recent weeks, with “Operation Autobinder” summonsing a record 193 pedestrians in New Territories last week and 84 on Hong Kong Island yesterday. […]
GOVT DEFENDS NEW PARKING TECH, BLAMES UNDERGROUND POWER CABLES FOR CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
The government has hit back at criticism of its new Automated Parking System (APS) car park in Tsuen Wan West, claiming underground power cables and other constraints prevented developers building more parking […]
25-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN CLEAR WATER BAY ROAD CRASH, HOURS AFTER RESIDENT’S PLEA FOR POLICE SPEEDING ACTION
A young driver was killed on Clear Water Bay Road in the early hours of this morning, just hours after a Clearwater Bay resident made a public plea for safety improvements on […]
HUNDREDS OF CYCLISTS TICKETED IN LATEST “GOLDENSUN” BUSTS
New Territories police ticketed 203 cyclists in a two-day operation last week, targeting “cyclists without lights” and other offences such as failing to comply with traffic signs. The campaign, which ran from […]
BRINGING UP THE RHEA: KAI TAK BORING MACHINE NAMED FOR “ETERNAL FLOW OF TIME”
The two 4,200-tonne Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to be used to creating the Trunk Road T2 and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel have been christened “Victoria” and “Rhea” after a public competition to […]
DOORS SMASH OFF ISLAND LINE TRAIN, FORMER COUNCILLOR BLAMES MTR CULTURE
A set of train doors was smashed out of a busy rush-hour MTR train this evening, causing widespread commuting chaos on the Island Line and around Causeway Bay. According to reports from […]
TESLA DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL MOTORCYCLE SMASH ON TAI TAM ROAD
Police arrested a Tesla driver after a fatal smash in Shek O killed a 41-year-old motorcyclist last night. According to police, Mr Cheung was riding a motorcycle along Tai Tam Road towards […]
15 MINIBUS PASSENGERS SUMMONSED FOR NOT WEARING SEATBELTS
Police have summonsed 15 Hong Kong Island minibus passengers for not wearing seatbelts, as part of a two-day operation, codenamed “Kickstarter”, to crack down on traffic violations. Under Hong Kong law, passengers […]