Authorities have charged the owner of a trucking firm with conspiracy to defraud a welfare organisation for his part in a HK$140,000 swindle against the Salvation Army’s recycling programme. According to the […]
TRUCKING BOSS CHARGED WITH SALVATION ARMY RECYCLING SWINDLE
CROSSING COUNTDOWN ENCOURAGES “SLOWER PACE” OF PEDESTRIANS, TRIAL WILL BE ABANDONED SAYS GOVT
Pedestrians walk too slowly across the road when countdown displays are fitted, according to a secret research report into crossing behaviour at nine Hong Kong locations. The report, commissioned by Transport Department […]
WOMAN LOSES FIGHT FOR LIFE AFTER GARBAGE TRUCK CRASH ON WILSON TRAIL
A garbage truck driver has reportedly run over and killed a woman who was crossing a road at a blackspot notorious among pedestrians as well as hikers and trail runners tackling the […]
FREE TRAM RIDES FOR A WEEK TO CELEBRATE OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS
Hong Kong Tramways will offer the city free tram rides for a week to celebrate the success of Team Hong Kong at the Olympics, managing director Cyril Aubin revealed in a speech […]
ALPHARD DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL WAN CHAI PEDESTRIAN CRASH
Police arrested a man this morning after he ran down a pedestrian in the morning Wan Chai rush hour, reportedly while making an illegal right turn. Mr Ducusin, 39, was driving a […]
GANGS UNFAZED BY TRIAD PARKING BUST, BUSINESS BOOMING
Gangs trafficking public space for huge profits appeared unfazed by a weekend police crackdown on a Yau Ma Tei gang, with business as usual at two notorious Yau Tsim Mong car jockey […]
EXCLUSIVE: GOVT BACKTRACKS ON “CAR FREE” LANTAU TOMORROW, SAYS “CAR FREE ZONES” INSTEAD
The Development Bureau (DevB) has walked back a senior official’s remarks that Lantau Tomorrow Vision could be “car free”, suggesting instead there would be the possibility of “car-free or less car zones” […]
GOOGLE’S “BAD DIRECTIONS” SEND CARS ILLEGALLY THROUGH MUI WO VILLAGES
Google has now removed prohibited Mui Wo roads from its driving directions after a Transit Jam investigation found the service was sending car drivers on illegal shortcuts through villages. After searching for […]
TAXI TRADE “IN ITS FINAL FORM” SAYS LOH
Former undersecretary for the environment Christine Loh has said the taxi trade is “treading water” and is now in its “final form”, suggesting tough questions need to be asked about the future […]
TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT COMMITTEES IMMOBILISED BY DC EXODUS, POLICE SAY NO PROBLEM
The majority of district council transport committees are now stuck in limbo without a chairperson, a Transit Jam investigation has found, with only five of 18 district councils having a functioning Traffic […]
