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DRUNK TESLA DRIVER DEMANDS COMPENSATION FROM ACTOR AFTER HEAD-ON SMASH, ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on August 13, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

HK ISLAND GETS ITS FIRST CYCLE TRACK, FREE HARBOURFRONT BIKE RENTAL SCHEME TO LAUNCH “END AUGUST”

By James Ockenden on August 10, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

27 DRIVERS IGNORE FATALLY-WOUNDED DOG IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, POLICE ARREST ONE

By James Ockenden on August 9, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

GUARDS AND BYSTANDER HURT AS DRIVER SMASHES INTO PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE SECURITY BOOTH

By James Ockenden on August 4, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

NO ARRESTS AFTER SCHOOL BUS RUNS OVER 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL

By James Ockenden on August 2, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

JOHN LEE’S HUGE PETROL CARS ARE “ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY” SAYS CE’S OFFICE

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

ENV SEC MISLEADS LEGCO WITH FLIMSY FACTS, REJECTS LAWMAKER’S GREEN SHIPPING PLAN

By James Ockenden on May 27, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Environment Secretary Wong Kam-sing yesterday rejected lawmaker Ben Chan Han-pan’s calls for green shipping onshore power facilities, claiming, wrongly, that only a “few” ships in the world were fitted with such technology. […]

GANGSTERS SWAMP MOTORBIKE INSPECTION QUEUES, RE-SELL SPOTS FOR BIG PROFITS

By James Ockenden on May 26, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Criminal gangs are using WhatsApp groups to snap up Transport Department (TD) inspection queue tokens and re-sell them for huge profits, Yahoo news reported today. According to Yahoo, gangs are taking advantage […]

HK$6.8M UPGRADE HANDOUT FOR BUILDERS TO FIX ILLEGAL ROADSIDE SKIPS

By James Ockenden on May 26, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Taxpayers will fork out HK$6.8 million for the skip trade to bring illegal roadside skips into compliance with the law, the government revealed this week. The scheme, a collaboration between the government […]

FEHD OFFICIAL REVEALS LAZY, CORRUPT WORLD OF GARBAGE COLLECTION

By James Ockenden on May 25, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

The rubbish-strewn streets of mid-Levels are a symptom of unscrupulous garbage contractors who dump mountains of trash illegally on footpaths rather than paying for it to be properly handled, according to a […]

MOTORISTS SHRUG OFF NEW POLICE PARKING ENFORCEMENT SCHEME

By James Ockenden on May 22, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Local motorists ignored a new police “Video Recording Traffic Enforcement Zone” on Queen’s Road Central this week, with illegal parking, double parking and illegal unloading on double yellow lines as rampant as […]

POLICE TIGHT-LIPPED ON NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTOR’S BROTHEL PARKING HABITS

By James Ockenden on May 20, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Police have refused to comment on the brothel parking habits of National Security Director Frederic Choi Chin-pang, claiming Choi’s case is still open and “pending legal advice”. “As the case is still […]

GOVT FAILURE ON CYCLE DATA REFLECTS FAILURE TO SUPPORT CYCLING: ALLIANCE CHAIRMAN

By James Ockenden on May 20, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

The government’s failure to collect data on cycling reflects the city’s failure to support cycling and leaves officials in the dark when it comes to developing transport policy, according to the chairman […]

“NO CRIMINAL ACTS FOUND”: POLICE TRIAD PARKING PROBE COMES UP EMPTY-HANDED

By James Ockenden on May 14, 2021 • ( 3 Comments )

Police say there is no evidence of criminal activity surrounding Tsim Sha Tsui car jockeys, claiming operations against parking gangs have proved fruitless. “Thematic operations have been mounted regularly by the District […]

PUBLIC IN THE DARK OVER FRESH 2-YEAR $5.4M PEDESTRIAN SIGN STUDY

By James Ockenden on May 13, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Hong Kongers are to be kept in the dark over a two-year HK$5.4 million contract to conduct a feasibility study into the development of a new pedestrian wayfinding signage system for the […]

CONTRACTOR FINED $54 FOR 4-MONTH PUBLIC TOILET REPAIR DELAY

By James Ockenden on May 13, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

An Ombudsman probe into mis-management of public toilets has revealed paltry fines dished out to tardy contractors, including one $54 fine for a contractor who delayed repair work by 125 days and […]

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