Hong Kong’s Ombudsman has launched an inquiry into the behaviour of park security guards, Transit Jam has learned, after complaints from parents that guards were systematically scolding scooter and bike riders as […]
OMBUDSMAN TO PROBE BULLYING OF SCOOTER KIDS BY PARK GUARDS
TRUCK DRIVER CRUSHES MAN ON CROSSING, FLEES AND LEAVES HIM TO DIE
A truck driver ran down a man on a pedestrian crossing in Sham Shui Po last night, fleeing the scene in his heavy dump truck and leaving the man fatally wounded on […]
BIKE PARKING RULED OUT AT CIVIL SERVICE COLLEGE CAMPUS, EVEN BEFORE DESIGNS ARE DRAWN UP
The colossal Civil Service College to be built in Kwun Tong will have zero bicycle parking, Transit Jam has learned, with officials blaming “road safety considerations” for the exclusion. A spokeswoman for […]
PARKNSHOP DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER SCOOTER DEATH
Police arrested the driver of a ParknShop truck last night after a fatal crash which killed a 53-year-old motorcyclist. Mr Chan, 33, was driving his truck along Container Port Road South in […]
PEDESTRIAN “DID NOT USE FOOTBRIDGE”: MITIGATION FOR KILLER OFFICIAL’S 10-MONTH SENTENCE
A former government official was yesterday sentenced to 10 months’ jail in District Court after killing a pedestrian in Tuen Mun last March. Chan Kit-fong, 48, knocked down Mr Tang, 55, before […]
PETROL, DIESEL CARS FOR THE CHOP, PERHAPS BY 2035, HINTS EPD DEPUTY
Hong Kong will likely ban sales of new petrol or diesel cars by around 2035, suggests Environmental Protection Department (EPD) Deputy Director Owin Fung Ho-yin, putting forward timelines from London and Tokyo […]
E-SCOOTER RIDER TRACKED DOWN AND ARRESTED, DAYS AFTER GOVT E-MOBILITY TRIAL
Police arrested a 30-year-old “foreign man” last night for driving an electric scooter through Tseung Kwan O Tunnel over the weekend. Police say they “took the initiative” to track down and arrest […]
MIRACLE AS CYCLIST WALKS AWAY AFTER FALLING UNDER BUS
A man who fell under a bus after his bicycle flipped on a tram track had a miraculous escape this afternoon, with apparently no injuries from his horrifying brush with death. The […]
TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER WOMAN RUN DOWN, KILLED ON ESTATE WHILE COLLECTING CARDBOARD
Police arrested a truck driver for dangerous driving causing death this morning, after his truck reportedly knocked over and killed an 86-year-old woman in Sha Tin. The woman’s death happened outside Herring […]
NATSEC CARTOON IMAGES: RUSSIAN ARTIST, AMERICAN PLATFORM
At least one key image in the Hong Kong government’s Let’s Learn About National Security (Audio Picture Book) video is sourced from American stock site Shutterstock, with the airport image found to […]
