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 […]
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A TAXING WALK NO MORE: GOVT WILL ADD GREEN MAN CROSSING OUTSIDE NEW TAX BUILDING
Inland Revenue’s new public building in Kai Tak will get a signalised pedestrian crossing near its Concorde Road entrance after questions were raised over pedestrian safety in accessing the new tax offices. […]
PEDESTRIAN KILLED UNDER MEGABOX FOOTBRIDGE
A woman was killed on Kai Fuk Road just yards away from a pedestrian footbridge in the early hours of this morning. 52-year-old Ms Chen was apparently struck by a taxi driven […]
FLYING CARS OF DEATH: SECOND FATAL RED MINIBUS CRASH IN TWO DAYS AS PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN YUEN LONG
A red minibus driver struck and killed a pedestrian in Yuen Long this morning, mirroring another fatal crash in Mong Kok East less than 36 hours earlier. Police arrested the 63-year-old minibus […]
GOVT FOOTPATH INSPECTORS MISSED 97% OF PAVEMENT DEFECTS, AUDIT COMMISSION FINDS
Contractors paid by the government to find and report footpath problems missed almost all defects, including dangerous defects, according to an investigation by Audit Commission (AC) released today. AC conducted field inspections […]
ANOTHER HORRIFIC PAVEMENT DEATH AS 7-SEATER DRIVER “STEPS ON WRONG PEDAL”
Police arrested a driver for dangerous driving causing death yesterday afternoon after he smashed his 7-seater through a flower shop display and into a building, killing a 67-year-old pedestrian. Police say Mr […]
GOVT TONGUE-TIED ON SOHO, SAN PO KONG WALKABILITY DEATHS
Hong Kong civil servants have stonewalled questions on three pedestrian deaths at locations studied by highly paid consultancy firms. Fatal crashes claimed the life of a 23-year-old Elodie Ma on Staunton Street […]
“AGITATED” TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE DELETED PROJECT RECORDS ON CHALLENGING QUESTIONS
The government has been “agitated” by questioning over walkability projects in the wake of the death of a young woman on the streets of Soho last weekend, and may have deleted project […]
GOVT GASLIGHTING ON MISSING SOHO PEDESTRIANISATION WEBSITE, DELETES RECORDS
Transport Department has scrubbed public records and dodged questions on the disappearance of a government pedestrianisation website, refusing to even acknowledge the planned schemes in answers to enquiries and even deleting details […]
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, […]
