Magistrates today convicted the R&D boss of the government’s smart city research institute with corruption. Dr Vincent Lau Man-kin, R&D director of Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was […]
CORRUPTION CONVICTION TAINTS ‘SMART CITY’ RESEARCH INSTITUTE
MAN LYING IN HENNESSY ROAD KILLED BY BUS
Police are searching for clues after a 29-year-old man was struck by a bus and killed this early morning (2 July). According to reports, the man, surnamed Cheung, was lying in the […]
FIRST ETHNIC MINORITY LEGCO HOPEFUL REJECTS “WE BURN”, FOCUSES ON LIVEABILITY
“Liveability before politics” – a campaign concept that has seen Hong Konger Jeffrey Andrews called “not yellow enough” and which, in a city sharply divided by the single issue of Hong Kong’s […]
NATIONAL SECURITY LAW ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Hong Kong’s new National Security Law, the “Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” was gazetted tonight (30 June), becoming Hong […]
EXTRA 2 MILLION WILL BENEFIT FROM RELAXED TRANSIT SUBSIDY THRESHOLD
Commuters will be able to claw back a third of all monthly travel expenses over HK$200 made on the same Octopus card, as the government relaxes the threshold for its Public Transport […]
AIR POLLUTION KILLS 35 EVERY WEEK, CLAIMS XR
Thirty-five pairs of shoes in a graveyard: a graphic demonstration of the number of weekly air pollution deaths in Hong Kong, estimated by Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists who held an event at […]
CARBON FOOTPRINT FROM TRANSPORT UP 20% SINCE 1990
Greenhouse gases (GHG) from transport have risen almost 20% since 1990, now accounting for almost a fifth of the city’s 40 million tonne carbon footprint in 2018, according to new figures released […]
CENTRAL-HUNG HOM FERRY TO RESTART SUNDAY AFTER 9-YR ABSENCE
Sunday morning will see the long-awaited resumption of the Central-Hung Hom ferry service, with new facilities at Hung Hom (South) Ferry Pier and Central Pier No. 8 (Western Berth). Under the new […]
LAWMAKER CRIES FOUL OVER KOWLOON CITY PARKING REPURPOSING
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 […]
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 […]
