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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 )

LAM HINTS AT EXPANSION OF CAR SEARCH TIP-OFF POLICY TO LAND, COMPANY SEARCHES

By James Ockenden on January 5, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The government’s new system alerting vehicle owners to searches on their vehicles could be rolled out to other public data resources, including land and company searches, according to Chief Executive Carrie Lam […]

JOURNALISTS EXPOSED AS GOVT LAUNCHES SEARCH ALERT FOR VEHICLE OWNERS

By James Ockenden on January 4, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )

Journalists and investigators probing Hong Kong’s vehicle database will no longer be able to search in confidence, with the government now alerting vehicle owners to a search on their vehicle while also […]

POLICE ARREST HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER AFTER BICYCLE SMASH

By James Ockenden on January 4, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

Police have arrested a woman after she smashed into a man on a bicycle in Sheung Shui last night and then sped off, returning to the scene some 15 minutes later to […]

BUREAUCRATIC NAMES DISHONOUR OUR SENSE OF PLACE

By Transit Jim on December 27, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

The bureaucrats who named Hong Kong’s newest tunnel fail to see such engineering feats as landmarks which shape people’s environment, writes senior engineer William Hopkin

“NO QUESTION OF HIDING TEST RESULTS”: GOVT HITS BACK AT CRITICISM OF FOUR-YEAR REPORT DELAY

By James Ockenden on December 25, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

The government has hit back at allegations it hid a damning report of taxpayer-funded hybrid vehicle performance, saying the four-year delay in publication was entirely due to “staffing issues” at its contractor […]

DAMNING SECRET EV REPORT QUIETLY PUBLISHED SIX YEARS AFTER TRIAL

By James Ockenden on December 23, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

The top secret report of a disastrous government-subsidised hybrid green minibus trial has been quietly published by the government, six years after the trial began and months after the funded firm declared […]

DRIVER FINED HK$8,000 FOR SILENCE OVER DEADLY POWER CABLE SMASH

By James Ockenden on December 21, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

A truck driver involved in a deadly accident in February 2019 in which a streetlight maintenance worker was crushed against power cables has been fined HK$8,000 for refusing to provide information relating […]

BOTTLE HURLED THROUGH BUS WINDOW, WOMAN INJURED

By James Ockenden on December 20, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Video footage shows the moment a beer bottle was hurled through a bus window (source: jadebsch) A bottle hurled at a bus in Wong Chuk Hang smashed through a window and showered […]

PARKING SANGAM-STYLE: 5G CAR FINDS SPACE FROM STREET, PARKS SELF

By James Ockenden on December 18, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

An autonomous car that not only finds a parking space but also parks itself was seen plying the streets of Seoul this week, with the engineers behind the technology claiming their 5G […]

LANDMARK LONDON VERDICT: TOXIC AIR POLLUTION KILLED YOUNG GIRL

By James Ockenden on December 17, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

A young girl who died after an asthma attack has become the first person in the UK to have “air pollution” listed as a cause of death, a ruling London’s mayor called […]

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

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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
  • CHINA CONCRETE AND FORMER JUSTICE SEC FAIL HIGH COURT BID AGAINST GOVT SHUTDOWN ORDER: YET BANDIT PLANT STILL RUNNING January 21, 2023
  • TRIAD WHO ATTACKED BUS FOUNDER ARRESTED IN DRUG FACTORY HOME, $2M COCAINE AND CASH SEIZED January 13, 2023

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