The network of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) street surveillance cameras has provided zero evidence against illegal dumping since launch, according to a Freedom of Information request filed by Transit Jam. […]
FEHD’S “INTRUSIVE” SURVEILLANCE NETWORK GIVES NO ILLEGAL DUMPING TICKETS
“FIRST TIME IN DAYLIGHT”: E-MOBILITY TRIAL DRAWS A CROWD
Dozens of e-scooter and electric unicycle riders took to the cycle paths of Tseung Kwan O this weekend, the first time riders have been able to legally use their machines in Hong […]
DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER CEMENT MIXER CRUSHES CYCLIST TO DEATH
Police have arrested the driver of a cement truck for dangerous driving after he crushed a man on a bike to death in Yuen Long this afternoon. Driver Mr Wong, 65, was […]
GOVT SHOULD USE MORE TAXIS, SAYS LAWMAKER, ON SOARING COST OF SALOON CAR HIRE
LegCo’s Transport Panel chairman Frankie Yick Chi-ming has called on the government to curb its use of hired saloons and use more taxis after government figures revealed a soaring cost per hire […]
POLICE CATCH TUEN MUN HIT-AND-RUN KILLER
Police have caught and arrested a driver who reportedly reversed over a woman in Tuen Mun this morning, after a manhunt lasting several hours. Police say Mr Pang, 24, reversed into Ms […]
MARK X HIT-AND-RUN LEAVES WOMAN DEAD IN TUEN MUN
A woolly hat and a bloodstain on a parked car have sparked a manhunt for the car owner, after a woman was found dead in the street in Tuen Mun this morning. […]
CITY COULD LOSE $470M ANNUALLY FROM “SMART METER” MISUSE
Central’s new “Smart Meters” showed a legal occupancy of just 45% last week, with miserly drivers preferring to park illegally across the street and with around 15% of the metered spaces illegally […]
WHOLE LOCKDOWN AREA NEEDS URBAN RENEWAL: CHIEF SEC
The whole virus lockdown area from Battery Street to Nathan Road needs urban renewal, said Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, on the doorstep of the locked-down district this morning. Cheung was speaking […]
KAI TAK GREENWAY BRIDGE “BREACHES HARBOUR PROTECTION LAW”: ZIMMERMAN
The government’s newly released plans for Kai Tak development would breach the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance, says Southern District Council Vice Chair Paul Zimmerman, with a proposed bridge between Kai Tak […]
GOVT SNEAKS IN 4,000 NEW ON-STREET PARKING SPACES UNDER GUISE OF “SMART METER” REPLACEMENT
The government will add up to new 4,000 kerbside parking spaces across the city under the guise of its so-called “smart meter” initiative, Transit Jam has learned, with the new spaces bypassing […]
