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 […]
STAR FERRY’S “GREEN” FERRY CHUGS OUT SAME CO2 EMISSIONS AS 30-YEAR-OLD DIESEL
NAIL IN COFFIN FOR TUEN MUN FERRY AS GOVT REPOSSESSES TERMINAL
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
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
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”
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” – PEDESTRIAN SIGNS TO BE HARMONISED ACROSS WHOLE CITY
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
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
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
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
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 […]
