Dozens of rocks thrown from a bridge onto northbound Tolo Highway ripped tyres to shreds and damaged wheels in the early hours of this morning, with Tai Po police hunting for suspects […]
HIGHWAY STONINGS SURGE AS 30 ROCKS CHUCKED ONTO EXPRESSWAY
GOVT KNOCKS BACK DC TRUCK PARKING PLAN, OPEN TO CAR PARK IDEAS
The government has knocked back a request from district councillors to transform a Sheung Wan bus park into a truck unloading centre, claiming the plan would impede bus operations and compromise road […]
LOCAL ENGINEER’S INVENTION EARNS PLACE ON LUNAR MISSION
A Hong Kong engineer is celebrating today after winning a global “X-Prize“-style contest to design components to the new European Space Agency (ESA) Lunar Cargo Vehicle. Researcher Agnes Lau created a new […]
81-YR-OLD WOMAN KILLED IN 24-TONNE TRUCK COLLISION
An 81-year-old woman, surnamed Hui, was run over and killed by the driver of a Medium Goods Vehicle on Kai Tin Road early this morning (31 March). 51-year-old Mr Ng was driving […]
EXTRA HK$1BN RELIEF FOR AIRPORT BUSINESSES
Four hundred aviation companies will benefit from a new government HK$1 billion relief package, helping them face industry challenges resulting from the Covid-19 outbreak. The package consists of a government waiver of […]
WAGE DIP TRIGGERS MTR FARE FREEZE
MTR’s proposed fare increase of 2.55% is on ice for at least a year after a decline in household monthly earnings for the fourth quarter of last year triggered the “Affordability Cap” […]
TAXI DRIVER DIES AFTER BUS SMASH
A 69-year-old man died this afternoon (29 March) after he smashed his taxi into a stationary bus in Wong Tai Sin. At around 2:23pm, the taxi was travelling north along Tung Lung […]
POLICE ARREST 3 CYCLISTS IN BIKE CRACKDOWN
Police arrested three cyclists and gave out nine tickets in a three-day Hong Kong Island operation to crack down on cyclists riding without bells, lights and the illegal use of e-bikes and […]
PEDESTRIAN KILLED BY DRIVER IN TUEN MUN
A pedestrian is dead after being struck by an out-of-control private car in Tuen Mun at 8:39 this morning (28 March). According to police, the car driver, a 47-year old woman, lost […]
BRIGHTER STREET LIGHTS CAUSE MORE ACCIDENTS
Brighter LED street lights don’t prevent accidents – in fact they may do more harm than good, according to a prominent statistician, who says the accepted science on street lighting is wrong. […]
