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“STAY IN ROOM” FIRE ADVICE FOR QUARANTINE GUESTS “ACCEPTABLE” SAYS FIRE DEPT

By James Ockenden on May 20, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

TRAM WOULD HAVE “DIFFICULTY SUSTAINING BUSINESS” WITHOUT FARE HIKE: GOVT

By James Ockenden on May 17, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

DEVELOPERS LEVERAGE ISOLATION GIFTS FOR LUXURY TOWER PLANS: “PAVED AREAS” HAVE “LOW ECOLOGICAL VALUE”

By James Ockenden on May 11, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

MTR’S CAPACITY CALCULATIONS “BALONEY” SAYS FORMER KCR CHAIRMAN

By James Ockenden on May 5, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

ADMIRALTY TO BECOME “SUPER INTERCHANGE” AS EAST RAIL LINE EXTENSION PLANNED FOR 15 MAY

By James Ockenden on May 4, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

PASSENGERS SQUASHED UP AGAINST BATTERIES: EXPERT SAYS “SIMPLISTIC” E-BUS CONCEPT IS WRONG FOR HONG KONG

By James Ockenden on May 1, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

LIMPING EV SUBSIDY FUNDS JUST SEVEN VANS IN LATEST ROUND

By James Ockenden on June 3, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

An electric vehicle subsidy scheme is struggling to give money away, limping over the milestone of half its treasure chest disbursed in December last year, after eight years of operation, and now […]

DCs CALL FOUL ON “RAIL MONOPOLY” IN NW NEW TERRITORIES

By Doris Chiu on June 2, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
A Light Rail train in Hong Kong

MTR has “monopolised” transport in North West New Territories, leaving residents with little mobility choice, according to a Tuen Mun District Councillor and Convenor of a new Working Group to study transport […]

POLICE SEEK CLUES IN DRIVER DEATH MYSTERY

By James Ockenden on June 1, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Police are appealing for witnesses after a driver found unconscious with head injuries in a car on San Tin Highway later died in hospital. The man, Mr Law, 33, was found in […]

LOCAL BUS FIRM BUILDS MASK FACTORY

By James Ockenden on June 1, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
A box of surgical masks branded with bus company KMB

Bus company KMB is producing its own surgical masks in a Tuen Mun cleanroom factory that can turn out millions of surgical masks a year and provide at least one or two […]

BIKES AND MINIBUSES PLAY CATCH UP WITH EU EMISSION STANDARDS

By James Ockenden on May 29, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
Close-up of a scooter exhaust

Hong Kong will finally catch up with Europe’s 2017 emissions standards for motorbikes and 2013 standards for light buses, as LegCo approves a law amendment to ban registration of new non-compliant vehicles. […]

GOVT CLEARS BIKES, DUMPS THEM IN COUNTRYSIDE

By James Ockenden on May 28, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )
A pile of bikes dumped in a forest clearing on Lamma Island

Authorities seized 16 bikes in a bike clearance operation on Lamma Island today, then dumped them in the countryside where locals later rescued working machines and salvageable parts. The bike clearance is […]

DC’S “POLICE BRUTALITY” CLAIMS SCUPPER ROAD SAFETY TALKS

By James Ockenden on May 27, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )
District Councillor Sam Yip after his release from police custody at a Hong Kong hospital

Striking district councillors skipped the first in a new series of police-led road safety committee meetings today (27 May). The head of Hong Kong Island’s Traffic Branch, Senior Superintendent Michael Yip Siu-ming, […]

“BUSIEST ROADS IN WORLD” SAYS GOVT: CROSS-BORDER CARS UP 5.8%

By James Ockenden on May 26, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
A cross-boundary car blocks a pavement in Hong Kong

Cross-border car traffic up 5.8% to 9.3 million crossings Licensed cars up 1.5% for the year, up 46% on decade Public buses up 0.5% for year, 3% on decade Cross-border car traffic […]

EV EXPERT SLAMS GOVT “GREEN EMPLOYMENT” PLAN

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

A leading electric vehicle (EV) specialist has hit out against the government’s “Green Employment Scheme” which will see a team of 30 hired to push a new HK$2 billion EV subsidy to […]

DRIVER KILLED IN BORDER VILLAGE SMASH

By James Ockenden on May 24, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )
Rural Ping Che in northern Hong Kong, only a kilometre from the border

A driver died when he lost control of his car and overturned on a slope outside Ping Che village last night (23 May). According to police, the driver, Mr Lai, 35, and […]

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HORRIFIC BUS CRASH KILLS DRIVER: BUS PLOUGHS INTO ILLEGALLY PARKED COACH

TESLA DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER WOMAN KILLED AT FANLING PEDESTRIAN CROSSING

“STAY IN ROOM” FIRE ADVICE FOR QUARANTINE GUESTS “ACCEPTABLE” SAYS FIRE DEPT

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