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BUS DRIVER ARRESTED AS HIGHWAY PILE-UP KILLS 46-YR-OLD TRUCK DRIVER

By James Ockenden on June 29, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON PEOPLE USING BIKES SEES 187 SUMMONSED TO COURT

By James Ockenden on June 27, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

XI WILL VISIT HONG KONG FOR HANDOVER CELEBRATION

By James Ockenden on June 25, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

HARBOURFRONT COMMISSION TO CEDE PRIME HARBOURFRONT LAND TO POLICE FOR CAR PARK

By James Ockenden on June 24, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

“POSSIBLY FISHY”: QUESTIONS RAISED OVER “BLOODY EMBARRASSING” JUMBO SINKING

By James Ockenden on June 21, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

FANS QUEUE FOR HOURS TO RIDE HONG KONG’S FIRST COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC DOUBLE-DECKER

By James Ockenden on June 19, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

“PREJUDICED” E-MOBILITY TRIAL BEGINS AT SCIENCE PARK

By James Ockenden on June 7, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A six-month e-mobility trial slammed by cycling campaigners as “prejudiced” has begun along two separated sections of Tolo Harbour cycle track. Under the trial, registered users of approved devices wearing helmets and […]

PASSER-BY HEROES LIFT TAXI TO SAVE CRUSHED WESTERN STREET RIDER

By James Ockenden on June 3, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

In an all-too-common scene in Hong Kong, passers-by rushed to lift a vehicle to free a crash victim at the top of Western Street yesterday morning, after a three-vehicle smash left a […]

DRUNK TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER PASSENGER KILLED IN CRASH

By James Ockenden on June 1, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Police arrested a drunk truck driver after a fatal crash in Tuen Mun last night killed a 50-year-old passenger. 36-year-old Mr Yeung was driving along Tuen Fu Road, northbound, when he reportedly […]

GOVT PRE-QUALIFIES EIGHT NEW ELECTRIC MINIBUS MODELS FOR 2023 TRIAL

By James Ockenden on May 30, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

New electric minibuses and pantograph charging stations are a step closer to deployment next year as the government pre-qualifies new minibus models and selects the first few charging sites, according to an […]

DRUNK OFF-DUTY COP SMASHES TESLA INTO BAKERY, INJURES PEDESTRIAN

By James Ockenden on May 28, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

An off-duty police officer smashed his Tesla through railings and into a bread shop in the early hours of this morning, injuring a 32-year-old pedestrian. The driver, who police did not name, […]

MAN DIES IN ABERDEEN MOTORBIKE CRASH

By James Ockenden on May 26, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A 60-year-old man died last night as he reportedly struck a concrete barrier on his motorbike and overturned. Police say Mr Chan was riding along Ap Lei Chai Bridge Road towards Ap […]

GOVT FLOATS COMPLETE PUBLIC SMOKING BAN

By James Ockenden on May 26, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Smoking could be banned in public under proposals floated by Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan today. At a press conference to discuss the latest state of smoking in Hong Kong, […]

COP IN COURT AFTER SMASHING INTO WOMAN ON PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

By James Ockenden on May 26, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

A police officer will appear in court today charged with dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, after he drove a police car into a woman on a pedestrian crossing in Kwun Tong […]

“NEEDLE IN HIS PANTS”: MAN INJURED AS BUS SEAT SPIKER STRIKES IN TSUEN WAN

By James Ockenden on May 25, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Police are hunting a suspect who left a 3cm spike in a bus seat in Tsuen Wan after a passenger was injured in his back. Bus driver Mr Wong, 38, reported the […]

POLICE CATCH HIT-AND-RUN TRUCKER 16 HOURS AFTER ROADWORK DEATH

By James Ockenden on May 25, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Police say they have found and arrested the driver of a truck who fled the scene after smashing into a road worker in Tsing Yi yesterday morning. 59-year-old Mr Zhang and his […]

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  • BUS DRIVER ARRESTED AS HIGHWAY PILE-UP KILLS 46-YR-OLD TRUCK DRIVER June 29, 2022
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  • XI WILL VISIT HONG KONG FOR HANDOVER CELEBRATION June 25, 2022
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