Real-time arrival information for green minibuses could be available as soon as October, according to Transport Department engineers, who say a 90-month contract to run the system is all but ready to […]
EXCLUSIVE: GOVT “READY TO ANNOUNCE” MINIBUS DATA WINNER
STUDENTS ARE KEY TO HILLSIDE ESCALATOR SUCCESS, SAYS ZIMMERMAN
The success of a green-lit hillside escalator will depend on its adoption by students and school staff in the district, according to District Councillor Paul Zimmerman, speaking to RTHK after Chief Executive […]
BREAKING: NEW WORLD FIRST BUS AND CITYBUS SOLD IN HK$3.2BN DEAL
New World has sold its entire bus business to an investment firm and its partners for HK$3.2 billion after trading hours last night (21 August), according to the firm. NWS Holdings sold […]
7TH BOUNDARY CROSSING AIMS TO DELIVER GREATER BAY “ONE-HOUR LIVING CIRCLE”
A key piece of the China government’s “One-Hour Living Circle” vision for the Greater Bay Area falls into place on Wednesday as Hong Kong’s seventh Boundary Control Point (BCP) opens for business […]
HYBRID MINIBUS EMITS 10 TIMES THE POLLUTION OF OLD BUS, COSTS DOUBLE TO RUN
A hybrid green minibus plying routes between Kwun Tong and Lok Wah Estate had running costs more than twice those of its 15-year-old LPG counterpart, according to the final report of the […]
GOVT ORDERED HKU TO DEMOLISH ADMISSIONS OFFICE, REPLACE WITH PARKING SPACES
A student admissions office in HKU has been turned into 15 car parking spaces after government officials branded the offices “unauthorised building works” and ordered them demolished. HKU says it received an […]
RIDER KILLED IN SHA TIN SCOOTER SMASH
A pool of blood and a frenzied pile of surgical gloves, gauze and paramedic swabs were the only clues to a desperate fight for life on a Sha Tin residential street early […]
TWO MORE PEDESTRIANS KILLED BY HEAVY VEHICLES IN LAST 36 HOURS
Large vehicles have claimed two more pedestrian victims in the last 36 hours: a private roadworks vehicle in Tsing Yi yesterday afternoon knocked down and killed a lady it had just dropped […]
POLICE IDLE AS VAN PLOUGHS INTO PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
Two police officers stood by as a luxury black Mercedes van ploughed through a red light and into a busy Central pedestrian crossing yesterday, failing to take any action as the driver […]
LAMMA FERRY PIER CONSCRIPTED AS ONE OF FOUR NEW COVID-19 TEST CENTRES
A Covid-19 test centre opens above the Lamma ferry pier in Central this morning (11 August) as the government expands its free virus-testing service for taxi and minibus drivers to include MTR, […]
