Afternoon traffic on Hong Kong Island in 2019 was slower than the top nine Hong Kong marathon runners that year, clocking up an average of just 18.9 kph, according to government figures […]
HK ISLAND TRAFFIC SLOWER THAN MARATHON RUNNERS
CHAI WAN CRASH: PEDESTRIAN KILLED, CITYBUS DRIVER ARRESTED
Police arrested a Citybus driver for dangerous driving causing death yesterday (5 January) after the bus he was driving knocked down and killed a pedestrian in Chai Wan. At about 4.55pm, Ms […]
LAM HINTS AT EXPANSION OF CAR SEARCH TIP-OFF POLICY TO LAND, COMPANY SEARCHES
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
