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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 )

GOVT CLAMPS DOWN ON ITS HARBOURFRONT BIKE TRIAL CONTRACTOR, ADMITS “DEFECTIVE BIKES”

By James Ockenden on January 10, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

11-YEAR-OLD GIRL RUN DOWN ON STREET, 7-SEATER DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on January 7, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

BUILD MORE CAR PARKING AT KAI TAK: CRUISE TERMINAL BOSS

By James Ockenden on December 14, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

Kai Tak Cruise Terminal boss Jeff Bent said he is “not mourning” the cancellation of the Kai Tak monorail and called for more car parking on the former airport runway site as […]

PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON OUTSKIRTS OF GOVT’S “WALKABLE URBAN AREA”

By James Ockenden on December 10, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

A man was killed crossing a road on the edge of the government’s “Walkable Urban Area” pilot area in Sham Shui Po yesterday, highlighting issues with the government’s “pedestrian infrastructure” approach to […]

BAD START TO ROADSIDE SKIP LICENSING: GOVT’S POSTER CHILDREN ILLEGALLY PLACED, OVERLOADED

By James Ockenden on December 10, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

A pilot scheme to overhaul the skip industry has come under immediate fire, with two of the first skips certified found to be already in breach of key road safety and environmental […]

THE GREAT INDOORS: MALL-MAPPING FIRM SCOOPS GOVT TECH PRIZE

By James Ockenden on December 7, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

A solution to wayfinding in the “complicated maze” of Hong Kong’s indoor environment has won a top prize in the government’s annual technology awards. Navigation firm MapHive says indoor navigation is especially […]

ADVENTURER CRUSHED BY OUT-OF-CONTROL FIRE ENGINE IN SAI KUNG

By James Ockenden on December 6, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

A swerving fire truck crushed an American man to death this afternoon (6 December), with shocking footage showing the victim, who was on a bicycle, macerated between the truck and a parked […]

FORMER BMX STAR KILLED IN TAXI COLLISION

By James Ockenden on December 4, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The father of a Hong Kong BMX star killed in a Yuen Long taxi collision last Monday has appealed for drivers to come forward with dashcam footage to help find the cause […]

PEDESTRIAN ROUTE APPS GET A BOOST WITH FREE GOVT 3D DATA

By James Ockenden on December 3, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

In a boost to walkability, the government today released its 3D Pedestrian Network and 3D Visualisation Map datasets, allowing map and route-planning developers to freely access details of Hong Kong’s extensive network […]

GUANGZHOU’S ROBOTAXIS COMPLETE 150,000 TRIPS IN FIRST YEAR

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

Just 100 km north of Hong Kong, China’s first robotaxi service has completed its first year of operation, making nearly 150,000 autonomous trips within its 144-sq-km sandbox boundary in Huangpu in Guangzhou. […]

ICONIC ROAD SAFETY SUPERHERO “GREEN CROSS MAN” DIES IN UK

By James Ockenden on November 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The man behind Britain’s no-nonsense road safety superhero Green Cross Man, David Prowse, has died in the UK aged 85 after a short illness. Prowse starred as the imposing pedestrian protector for […]

DRIVER CANNONBALLS THE WRONG WAY THROUGH TATE’S CAIRN TUNNEL

By James Ockenden on November 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Night-shift drivers had a lucky escape when a car came bolting through Tate’s Cairn Tunnel the wrong way early Saturday morning. Taxi dashcam footage shows the car ricocheting along the tunnel walls […]

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3 DEAD, 90 INJURED IN DEADLIEST LUNAR NEW YEAR ON THE ROADS SINCE 2006

CHINA CONCRETE AND FORMER JUSTICE SEC FAIL HIGH COURT BID AGAINST GOVT SHUTDOWN ORDER: YET BANDIT PLANT STILL RUNNING

TRIAD WHO ATTACKED BUS FOUNDER ARRESTED IN DRUG FACTORY HOME, $2M COCAINE AND CASH SEIZED

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  • 3 DEAD, 90 INJURED IN DEADLIEST LUNAR NEW YEAR ON THE ROADS SINCE 2006 January 22, 2023
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