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E-BIKE RIDER ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AFTER TRYING TO CONCEAL BATTERY PACK

By James Ockenden on February 2, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

CEMENT TRUCK DRIVER WANTED AFTER FATAL HIT-AND-RUN

By James Ockenden on February 1, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

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 )

SCIENTISTS EXPOSE INJUSTICES IN DECARBONISING, WARN OF “CARBON-LITERATE ELITE”

By James Ockenden on November 14, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The rapid shift to “low-carbon” societies may worsen social inequalities and exclusions, with electric vehicles (EVs) widening class gaps and leading to more driving, according to research studying the fairness of low-carbon […]

HONG KONG’S SOLE ELECTRIC TRUCK “UNSUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ROADS”

By James Ockenden on November 13, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The only electric truck ever trialled through the government’s New Energy Transport Fund (NETF) scheme is not used on public roads over concern of battery life and coping with hills when loaded, […]

GOVT CLUELESS ON CYCLE TRACK USE, ADMITS SEC DEV

By James Ockenden on November 11, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Officials have no idea how many cyclists use Hong Kong’s cycle paths, admitted Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai-lun in LegCo today, after some tough questions on the city’s biking network and […]

LAWMAKERS DEMAND EMERGENCY TRANSPORT PANEL ON JOURNALIST ARREST

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

Four lawmakers are demanding an emergency meeting of the LegCo Transport Panel to discuss the issue of a journalist who was arrested and charged with making false statements while accessing transport data. […]

WOMAN’S CONDITION SERIOUS AFTER TAXI KNOCKS HER FROM BIKE

By James Ockenden on November 9, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

A woman who was knocked off her bike by a taxi in Sheung Shui on Saturday morning is still fighting for her life in Prince of Wales Hospital. Ms Cheung, 46, was […]

MONG KOK AUDI PLOUGHS INTO MAN ON BICYCLE: RIDER HOSPITALISED

By James Ockenden on November 6, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

A 54-year-old man riding a bike along Cherry Street in Mong Kok was knocked off and badly injured by an Audi driver swinging right into Argyle Street earlier this evening. Police say […]

NEW MINIBUS ROUTES FOR CENTRAL & SHEUNG SHUI

By James Ockenden on November 6, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Three new green minibus routes are up for grabs by government tender โ€“ two serving Sheung Shui and a new circular route around Central/Sheung Wan/Caine Road. In Sheung Shui, one new route […]

HK$100M COASTAL TRAIL ENERGISED WITH HISTORIC CROSS-DISTRICT VOTE

By James Ockenden on November 5, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

With a unanimous vote of support from the Eastern District Council this week, all four Hong Kong Island district councils have now reached a historic consensus to bridge gaps in Hong Kong […]

JOURNALIST ARRESTED AS GOVT TIGHTENS GRIP ON INFORMATION

By James Ockenden on November 3, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

Police arrested a journalist today under a relatively new mechanism which forces journalists to restrict their use of publicly-available vehicle information to transport-related matters or face legal consequences. Reporter Choy Yuk-ling, 37, […]

TRUCK DRIVER’S WING-MIRROR KILLS PEDESTRIAN ON BLACKSPOT ZEBRA CROSSING

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

A man was killed after being struck on the head by the wing mirror of a fast-moving truck on a pedestrian crossing in Cheung Sha Wan last week. Mr Wong, 61, was […]

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E-BIKE RIDER ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AFTER TRYING TO CONCEAL BATTERY PACK

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  • E-BIKE RIDER ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AFTER TRYING TO CONCEAL BATTERY PACK February 2, 2023
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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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