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3 DEAD, 90 INJURED IN DEADLIEST LUNAR NEW YEAR ON THE ROADS SINCE 2006

By James Ockenden on January 22, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

CHINA CONCRETE AND FORMER JUSTICE SEC FAIL HIGH COURT BID AGAINST GOVT SHUTDOWN ORDER: YET BANDIT PLANT STILL RUNNING

By James Ockenden on January 21, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

TRIAD WHO ATTACKED BUS FOUNDER ARRESTED IN DRUG FACTORY HOME, $2M COCAINE AND CASH SEIZED

By James Ockenden on January 13, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

A TAXING WALK NO MORE: GOVT WILL ADD GREEN MAN CROSSING OUTSIDE NEW TAX BUILDING

By James Ockenden on January 10, 2023 • ( 2 Comments )

GOVT CLAMPS DOWN ON ITS HARBOURFRONT BIKE TRIAL CONTRACTOR, ADMITS “DEFECTIVE BIKES”

By James Ockenden on January 10, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

11-YEAR-OLD GIRL RUN DOWN ON STREET, 7-SEATER DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on January 7, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

PASSENGER HURLED FROM CAB, KILLED, AS TAXI STRIKES ILLEGALLY PARKED CONTAINER TRUCK

By James Ockenden on January 4, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

A 47-year-old taxi passenger was hurled from a taxi and killed as the taxi he was riding smashed into an illegally parked container truck in Wong Tai Sin. Mr Jin was riding […]

TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL MONG KOK CRASH

By James Ockenden on January 4, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Police have arrested a 39-year-old truck driver after he ran over and killed a 67-year-old woman on a busy pedestrian crossing in Mong Kok. Driver Mr Cheung was driving a container truck […]

LOHAS BUS CRASH MYSTERY INVESTIGATION DEEPENS, DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on January 2, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

Authorities still have no answers on the cause of a violent bus crash, 14 hours after the dramatic rescue of 31 passengers from a double-decker overturned in a Lohas Park ditch. The […]

DRIVER SMASHES SUV THROUGH RAILINGS, HOSPITALISING ELDERLY COUPLE AND MOTHER WITH BABY

By James Ockenden on December 27, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A 33-year-old SUV driver was arrested this afternoon after he lost control of his car and smashed through railings into a roadside bench, hospitalising an elderly couple as well as a mother […]

HIGH COURT FINDS FOR CHOKEHOLD COP IN TAXI DRIVER DEATH, OVERTURNS “UNLAWFUL KILLING” VERDICT

By James Ockenden on December 23, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A taxi driver who died after police officer lifted him, handcuffed, in a chokehold by his neck will have a fresh death inquest, the High Court ruled today, after a judicial review […]

71-YEAR-OLD MAN ON CRUTCHES KILLED BY REVERSING TRUCK, DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on December 23, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A 71-year-old man who needed crutches to walk was killed yesterday afternoon after a truck driver reversed into him and ran over his leg outside a Ma On Shan estate. Victim Mr […]

“DO NOT USE BICYCLES IN URBAN AREAS” SAYS GOVT, CITING “ROAD SAFETY” RISKS

By James Ockenden on December 20, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Bicycles are not a suitable mode of transport for urban areas, according to Transport Department (TD) in a statement released yesterday in response to questions on Hongkong Electric’s recent vocal support of […]

WOMAN, 27, KILLED IN HIGH-SPEED CLEARWATER BAY SMASH

By James Ockenden on December 18, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

A female passenger in a private car was killed in the early hours this morning after the vehicle’s driver lost control on a bend in Clear Water Bay and smashed into a […]

HK ELECTRIC COMES OUT SWINGING FOR URBAN CYCLING, IN DEFIANCE OF LONG-STANDING GOVT POLICY

By James Ockenden on December 17, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Hongkong Electric, not known for making waves politically, has published a controversial opinion piece supporting cycling on Hong Kong Island, defying the government’s long-standing recommendations that cycling be discouraged in urban areas […]

TWO KILLED AS BUS DRIVER PLOUGHS INTO UNPROTECTED ROADSIDE CLEANING CREW

By James Ockenden on December 17, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Two workers were killed yesterday as a double-decker bus driven by a 28-year-old man ploughed into their work truck parked in the left lane of a highway exit they were cleaning. The […]

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3 DEAD, 90 INJURED IN DEADLIEST LUNAR NEW YEAR ON THE ROADS SINCE 2006

CHINA CONCRETE AND FORMER JUSTICE SEC FAIL HIGH COURT BID AGAINST GOVT SHUTDOWN ORDER: YET BANDIT PLANT STILL RUNNING

TRIAD WHO ATTACKED BUS FOUNDER ARRESTED IN DRUG FACTORY HOME, $2M COCAINE AND CASH SEIZED

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  • 3 DEAD, 90 INJURED IN DEADLIEST LUNAR NEW YEAR ON THE ROADS SINCE 2006 January 22, 2023
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