For most of the 200 people living on “the South Pole of Hong Kong”, as the Hong Kong Tourism Board calls the remote Po Toi Islands, the infrequent public hour-long public kaito […]
GOVT REJECTS “SOUTH POLE” ISLAND FERRY PLEA
“UNFAIR” TO PROSECUTE DRIVERS WHO BLOCK CROSSING, SAY POLICE
Police say it would be “unfair” to prosecute drivers who block a pedestrian crossing on Queen’s Road Central, blaming poor road design not impatient motorists. Last week urban activists uploaded hundreds of […]
PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN SAI KUNG SMASH
A driver knocked down and killed a 76-year-old man who was crossing a Sai Kung road early this morning (5 June). The victim, Mr Liu, was crossing Wai Man Road near the […]
“FIRST LIFE, THEN BUILDINGS”: HEALING WAN CHAI’S HIGHWAY SCAR
A daily walk against the tide of Wan Chai government workers and exhibition-goers would have most people looking for a new job – but jostling along the narrow O’Brien Walkway over the […]
LIMPING EV SUBSIDY FUNDS JUST SEVEN VANS IN LATEST ROUND
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
