A taxi passenger was killed and his companion injured as their driver lost control and rammed into concrete barriers on the Tuen Mun highway last night (3 July). The accident happened at […]
TAXI PASSENGER KILLED AS DRIVER LOSES CONTROL
CORRUPTION CONVICTION TAINTS ‘SMART CITY’ RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Magistrates today convicted the R&D boss of the government’s smart city research institute with corruption. Dr Vincent Lau Man-kin, R&D director of Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was […]
FIRST ETHNIC MINORITY LEGCO HOPEFUL REJECTS “WE BURN”, FOCUSES ON LIVEABILITY
“Liveability before politics” – a campaign concept that has seen Hong Konger Jeffrey Andrews called “not yellow enough” and which, in a city sharply divided by the single issue of Hong Kong’s […]
AIR POLLUTION KILLS 35 EVERY WEEK, CLAIMS XR
Thirty-five pairs of shoes in a graveyard: a graphic demonstration of the number of weekly air pollution deaths in Hong Kong, estimated by Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists who held an event at […]
CARBON FOOTPRINT FROM TRANSPORT UP 20% SINCE 1990
Greenhouse gases (GHG) from transport have risen almost 20% since 1990, now accounting for almost a fifth of the city’s 40 million tonne carbon footprint in 2018, according to new figures released […]
LAWMAKER CRIES FOUL OVER KOWLOON CITY PARKING REPURPOSING
DAB lawmaker Michael Luk Chung-hung has called out the illegal repurposing of Kowloon City residential car parks as shops, restaurants and schools, with a question to LegCo demanding to know why the […]
COUNCILLORS URGE GOVT TO SPEED UP SHORT-HOP BUS FARE APPROVAL
Short-hop fares could open up bus travel in the North West New Territories (NWNT) – but the government is holding up a new KMB trial, says District Councillor Tommy Cheung Sau-yin, who […]
FORGET “RAIL BACKBONE” AND INTEGRATE FERRIES, POLICY UNIT WILL SAY
Millions of people could use ferries to commute, given the growth in jobs along Hong Kong’s coastline, but the government must fully integrate ferries into public transport and go beyond its “railway […]
GOVT PLANS TO LEGALISE E-SCOOTERS FOR CYCLE TRACKS
E-scooters and e-bikes could soon be allowed on Hong Kong cycle paths – but not roads – as the government proposes regulating e-mobility devices for the first time. Until now, e-mobility devices […]
CSI BEMOANS LACK OF SENSOR TECH ON DEATH TRUCKS
Massive trucks in Hong Kong are lacking radar and camera technology that could save elderly pedestrians’ lives, according to a crime scene investigator speaking at a police safety demonstration in Hong Kong […]
