Complaints of illegal parking and bad driving soared 220% in the last quarter of 2019, with 2,132 complaints registered with Transport Complaints Unit (TCU), against 667 in the previous quarter, and 614 […]
ILLEGAL PARKING COMPLAINTS TREBLE IN Q4 2019
YACHT SINKS AFTER FIRE, EXPLOSIONS
A luxury yacht has sunk after a raging fire in Kwun Tong Typhoon Shelter, in Kowloon Bay, with two others still on fire as at 4pm. An eyewitness from the 20th floor […]
DISINFECTANT SPRAY BOOTHS TRIALLED AT AIRPORT
Hong Kong International Airport is trialling negative pressure spray-booths to hose passengers down with disinfectant as part of its pandemic action plan. The CLeanTech booths, from AEGIS Intelligent, will run passengers through […]
GOVT FREEZES CAR PARK FEES UNTIL MID-2021
The government has frozen car parking fees for almost 5,000 car parking spaces across a dozen major car parks until 31 May 2021, citing the pandemic’s impact on car park use. The […]
WOMAN DIES IN FALL AS MINIBUS DRIVES OFF WHILE SHE ALIGHTS
A woman has died today (24 April) after earlier falling from a minibus which moved off as she was trying to disembark. 78-year-old Ms. Kwok fell out of the Mong Kok-bound minibus […]
INJURED CAINE RD PEDESTRIAN SUMMONSED FOR JAYWALKING
Police have summonsed a pedestrian who was struck by a speeding seven-seater driving illegally along Caine Road in February, while giving the scofflaw driver who hit her only a HK$450 fixed penalty […]
LAWMAKER CALLS NONSENSE ON MISSING HK$300M EV SUBSIDY REPORTS
Government excuses for non-existent electric vehicle (EV) subsidy trial reports are “nonsense”, says lawmaker and district councillor Ted Hui Chi-fung, claiming the government’s neglect harms the public interest and hurts the development […]
PEDESTRIAN KNOCKED DOWN AT KWAI TSING BLACKSPOT
A van driver knocked down a female pedestrian on Shek Yam Road, Kwai Tsing, this afternoon – the pedestrian escaped with minor injuries and was taken conscious to Princess Margaret Hospital, according […]
MINIBUS BANKRUPTCY REVEALS WIDE GAPS IN EV SUBSIDY TRIAL RECORDS
A director of a bankrupt minibus firm who received an estimated HK$2.5 million from the government for two hybrid bus vehicles never completed mandatory public trial reporting, failing a key requirement of […]
MOVING WITH SOCIAL DISTANCE IN HONG KONG
Cities around the world are currently taking emergency measures to enable safe walking in streets during the coronavirus pandemic. With urban commuters frequently wary of crowded public transport, city governments and activists […]
