DAB lawmaker Michael Luk Chung-hung has called out the illegal repurposing of Kowloon City residential car parks as shops, restaurants and schools, with a question to LegCo demanding to know why the […]
LAWMAKER CRIES FOUL OVER KOWLOON CITY PARKING REPURPOSING
PEDESTRIAN KILLED CROSSING CASTLE PEAK ROAD
A 40-year-old man, Mr Mak, died crossing Castle Peak Road in Tsuen Wan in the early hours of yesterday (22 June). A Tuen Mun-bound taxi, driven by Mr Wong, 58, knocked Mak […]
COUNCILLORS URGE GOVT TO SPEED UP SHORT-HOP BUS FARE APPROVAL
Short-hop fares could open up bus travel in the North West New Territories (NWNT) – but the government is holding up a new KMB trial, says District Councillor Tommy Cheung Sau-yin, who […]
PLUGGING BIKES INTO THE FERRY NETWORK: A WAY TO GO
Following our story on reviving ferries as a backbone for Hong Kong transport last week, we decided to field test some of the connections between the Central Ferry Piers and Wan Chai […]
NEW ROAD USERS’ CODE GOES LIVE, 20YRS AFTER LAST EDITION
Driving test hopefuls have a new textbook to cram… Hong Kong’s new Road Users’ Code, the first update in 20 years, went live today, and will apply to all new driving tests […]
UBER ADDS TRANSIT TO HK APP
Uber today added real-time public transport data to its ride-sharing app in Hong Kong, with the launch of Uber Transit, a feature that allows users to integrate public transport into their Uber […]
FORGET “RAIL BACKBONE” AND INTEGRATE FERRIES, POLICY UNIT WILL SAY
Millions of people could use ferries to commute, given the growth in jobs along Hong Kong’s coastline, but the government must fully integrate ferries into public transport and go beyond its “railway […]
GOVT PLANS TO LEGALISE E-SCOOTERS FOR CYCLE TRACKS
E-scooters and e-bikes could soon be allowed on Hong Kong cycle paths – but not roads – as the government proposes regulating e-mobility devices for the first time. Until now, e-mobility devices […]
RED MINIBUS DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL PEDESTRIAN SMASH
A 67-year-old man died crossing a road in Kwai Chung on 13 June after he was hit by a red minibus turning into the street. At 3.47pm on Saturday, the Mong Kok-bound […]
VAN DRIVER KILLS TKO CYCLIST
A van driver struck and killed a cyclist who was crossing lanes in Tseung Kwan O yesterday (12 June). At 12.12pm, the cyclist, Mr Tsoi, aged 88, was cycling across Po Fung […]
