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E-BIKE RIDER ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AFTER TRYING TO CONCEAL BATTERY PACK

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

CEMENT TRUCK DRIVER WANTED AFTER FATAL HIT-AND-RUN

By James Ockenden on February 1, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

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 )

STAR FERRY’S “GREEN” FERRY CHUGS OUT SAME CO2 EMISSIONS AS 30-YEAR-OLD DIESEL

By James Ockenden on June 2, 2021 • ( 1 Comment )
A brightly coloured red ferry crosses the dramatic skyline of Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour

Star Ferry’s new “green” diesel-electric ferry system, funded by taxpayers to the tune of around HK$3m of its HK$8m cost, uses the same amount of diesel fuel as regular diesel ferries, according […]

NAIL IN COFFIN FOR TUEN MUN FERRY AS GOVT REPOSSESSES TERMINAL

By James Ockenden on June 1, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Ferry operator TurboJet has abandoned the Tuen Mun Ferry Terminal, planning to hand the keys back to the government on 8 June when it formally shutters the Macau-Tuen Mun ferry route. The […]

MISSPELLING AND BRIBES: TAXI ASSOCIATION’S SINISTER 2016 LEGCO VOTE RIGGING SCHEME BUSTED

By James Ockenden on June 1, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Two taxi association staff have pleaded guilty to their roles in a vote buying and rigging scheme that allowed around 240 people to register as members of a professional organisation with fake […]

JAYWALKING TICKETS SURGE 1,000% IN “UNFAIR AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS” CRACKDOWN

By James Ockenden on May 31, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

A police “safety” campaign has seen pedestrian ticketing rise over 1,000% in the first quarter of 2021, with beat cops giving almost 2,400 tickets for jaywalking offences in the first three months […]

“STUPID AND INAPPROPRIATE”: STUNT COP WAS HANDLING COMPLAINT OF “BICYCLES OCCUPYING THE LANE”

By James Ockenden on May 31, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

A police motorbike officer seen mocking a group of cyclists on Castle Peak Road was “dealing with a complaint about bicycle [sic] occupying the lane,” according to a police spokeswoman. In a […]

“NO PANTOMIME HORSE” โ€“ PEDESTRIAN SIGNS TO BE HARMONISED ACROSS WHOLE CITY

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

Street signs for pedestrians will be harmonised across all different departments and walking paths under a new pedestrian wayfinding system, Transit Jam has learned, with a new sign standard to be the […]

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 […]

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  • E-BIKE RIDER ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AFTER TRYING TO CONCEAL BATTERY PACK February 2, 2023
  • CEMENT TRUCK DRIVER WANTED AFTER FATAL HIT-AND-RUN February 1, 2023
  • 3 DEAD, 90 INJURED IN DEADLIEST LUNAR NEW YEAR ON THE ROADS SINCE 2006 January 22, 2023
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