Almost 100 people were prosecuted for cycling offences this week as police swept through Yuen Long on a “cycle safety” campaign. Police said food delivery cyclists were the main target of the […]
YUEN LONG COPS TARGET FOOD DELIVERY CYCLISTS
23 MINIBUS PASSENGERS SUMMONSED FOR SEATBELT OFFENCES AS YUEN LONG MINIBUS WAR HEATS UP
Passengers were caught in the crossfire of a spat between rival minibus routes in Yuen Long last week, after undercover police, acting on complaints, infiltrated the routes and ticketed 23 passengers for […]
TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AS PEDESTRIAN CRUSHED TO DEATH AT BUSY NORTH POINT MARKET
A 76-year-old man died after being crushed by a heavy truck as its driver navigated a busy North Point market street this afternoon. According to police, the driver of the truck, Mr […]
DESIGN CONTEST SEEKS IDEAS ON LINKING WONG CHUK HANG WITH COUNTRY TRAILS
Professional architects and planners are invited to enter a design competition which aims to “collect innovative design ideas and concepts” for a “Green Link” connecting Wong Chuk Hang MTR and Aberdeen Country […]
5 ARRESTED OVER TKO TRIAD PARKING SCAM
Police arrested five triad gang members yesterday for extortion, after they demanded money from a vehicle owner to use a public car park they illegally controlled. On 7 September, a man parked […]
GOVT MULLING A LIMIT TO DASH-MOUNTED SMARTPHONES
The government may restrict how many phones a driver can mount on a vehicle’s dashboard, with increasing concerns over driver distraction, particularly amongst taxi drivers. Transport chief Frank Chan Fan yesterday told […]
CYCLE LOBBY CHAIRMAN ARRESTED FOR “ILLEGALLY ENTERING” CAR PARK WITH BIKE
Martin Turner, chairman of the Hong Kong Cycling Alliance was arrested at home in a dawn raid yesterday, for “loitering” at the LegCo complex after cycling into the car park and taking […]
TWO BUSTED ROBBING BUS CASH BOXES
Two men who were recruited as “cash box collectors” through a jobs website found themselves equipped with tools and sent to rob bus cash boxes, police revealed today, after a spate of […]
GOVT SEEKING NEW MUI WO CAR PARK SITES TO TACKLE “PERENNIAL” PARKING SHORTAGE
The government is actively looking for new car parking sites in Mui Wo, despite nearly doubling parking capacity in 2019, private Lands Department documents have revealed. The plans emerged after District Lands […]
MAN DIES AFTER CRASHING INTO ILLEGALLY PARKED CONTAINER TRAILER
A 60-year-old man died in hospital yesterday morning after crashing his private car into an illegally parked container trailer on Wang Lok Street in Yuen Long. Mr Lam was driving north through […]
