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LOCKED AND BLOCKED PLAYROOM FIRE EXITS IN MALL ALREADY WARNED ON FIRE DANGERS

By James Ockenden on January 15, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

“NO OBVIOUS DANGER”: AUTHORITIES IGNORE FORGED SCAFFOLD SAFETY CERTIFICATES

By James Ockenden on January 12, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

RETURNING OFFICERS REFER SIX, INCLUDING FOUR LAWMAKERS, TO POLICE OVER ILLEGAL ELECTION FLAGS

By James Ockenden on January 1, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

LABOUR DEPT SHOWS FIRE SAFETY LENIENCY JUST DAYS AFTER BLAZE

By James Ockenden on December 2, 2025 • ( 2 Comments )

E-BIKE CRACKDOWN CONTINUES WITH SIX ARRESTS

By James Ockenden on September 25, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

DELIVERY CYCLIST GORED BY DUMP TRUCK, DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on September 19, 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

MERCEDES DRIVER CUTS UP BUS, BEATS UP BUS CAPTAIN FOR PROTESTING

By James Ockenden on September 28, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Shocking footage has emerged of an angry driver beating up a bus captain after the captain reportedly complained of the motorist’s bad driving. Mercedes driver Leung, 37, is reported to have cut […]

“SERIOUS FACTUAL MISTAKES AND GRAVE MISSTATEMENTS”: CAMPAIGNERS ATTACK LEGCO HARBOUR PROPOSAL

By James Ockenden on September 28, 2021 • ( 4 Comments )

Winston Chu (right) asks where Alice Mak’s proposals are coming from Campaigners working to protect the harbour have hit out at a motion to dilute the Protection of Harbour Ordinance (PHO), claiming […]

POLICE SOLVE SEPTUAGENARIAN BIKE THEFT, ARREST TWO

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

Police in Tseung Kwan O have solved a three-week-old bicycle theft, arresting two men and recovering one of three stolen bikes. On 30 August, a 77-year-old man reported the theft of three […]

KOWLOON BAY SCHOOL BUS CRASH: MINOR INJURIES FOR SIX BOYS AND DRIVER

By James Ockenden on September 24, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

A school bus driver careered into the back of a truck in Kowloon Bay this lunchtime, with six boys, aged four to six, and the driver, 55, hurt in the crash. Police […]

TIN SHUI WAI CRANE DEATH: POLICE & LABOUR DEPT OFFER CONFLICTING STORIES

By James Ockenden on September 24, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

A 65-year-old man died in a Tin Shui Wai godown yesterday, with police and Labour Department offering different versions of events. A preliminary police report says initial investigation shows the victim, Mr […]

COPS REPEAT WATER WORLD “NO CAR” WARNING WITH 240 PARKING TICKETS IN PARK’S FIRST DAYS

By James Ockenden on September 24, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Police again warned motorists not to drive to the new Water World theme park after ticketing 240 cars and towing four vehicles in the first few days of the $4 billion attraction’s […]

UN HEALTH AGENCY SLASHES POLLUTION LIMITS LEAVING HK FURTHER BEHIND

By James Ockenden on September 23, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its Air Quality Guidelines for the first time since 2005, slashing the recommended limits of deadly particulate pollution to a fraction of those under Hong […]

FRESH MISERY FOR E-MOBILITY RIDERS AND CYCLISTS AS OPERATION GOLDENSUN HEATS UP

By James Ockenden on September 20, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )

Operation Goldensun, the long-running police campaign against e-mobility and cycling offences, gathered pace this weekend, dishing out 152 tickets to cyclists and arresting three people in Sheung Shui and Tin Shui Wai […]

GOVT GRANTS 25% MORE LANTAU VEHICLE PERMITS THIS YEAR

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

The government has granted a sharp increase in vehicle permits for South Lantau this year, with a 25% rise for the first quarter of 2021 compared to 2020. Around 4,700 new Lantau […]

WATER WORLD BANS CARS AND UBERS, COPS WARN MOTORISTS NOT TO PARK ILLEGALLY NEARBY

By James Ockenden on September 19, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Hong Kong’s much-anticipated Water World opens to the public on Tuesday, but one attraction won’t be open: the car park. Ocean Park says car park operations are suspended until further notice and […]

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LOCKED AND BLOCKED PLAYROOM FIRE EXITS IN MALL ALREADY WARNED ON FIRE DANGERS

“NO OBVIOUS DANGER”: AUTHORITIES IGNORE FORGED SCAFFOLD SAFETY CERTIFICATES

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