The government has refused to divulge details of three new electric ferries it designed and will buy for three ferry firms, while one of the state-owned beneficiaries of the $350 million scheme […]
GOVT REFUSES TO REVEAL DESIGNS OF $350M TAXPAYER-FUNDED ELECTRIC FERRIES, DENIES HAVING BLUEPRINTS
BUS DRIVER ARRESTED AS HIGHWAY PILE-UP KILLS 46-YR-OLD TRUCK DRIVER
Police have arrested a bus driver for dangerous driving after a crash which saw a truck driver killed ramming into a stationary truck and a bus on Highway 5 yesterday morning. According […]
MASSIVE CRACKDOWN ON PEOPLE USING BIKES SEES 187 SUMMONSED TO COURT
Police have conducted a two-day “anti-cycling” operation in New Territories North, issuing 187 summonses for cycling offences. Commuters and leisure riders alike found themselves summonsed to court for offences such as failing […]
XI WILL VISIT HONG KONG FOR HANDOVER CELEBRATION
President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s “return to the motherland” according to Xinhua. The president and general secretary of the Communist Party of […]
HARBOURFRONT COMMISSION TO CEDE PRIME HARBOURFRONT LAND TO POLICE FOR CAR PARK
The Harbourfront Commission will today likely rubber-stamp a proposal from police to turn a 4,240-square-foot plot of waterfront land near Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park into a police car park. The plan […]
“POSSIBLY FISHY”: QUESTIONS RAISED OVER “BLOODY EMBARRASSING” JUMBO SINKING
A senior marine police source says the sinking of the Jumbo restaurant in deep waters some 700 km south of Hong Kong is “possibly fishy”, while a marine insurance expert says some […]
FANS QUEUE FOR HOURS TO RIDE HONG KONG’S FIRST COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC DOUBLE-DECKER
Hundreds of eager bus fans queued for hours to secure a place on Hong Kong’s first commercial electric double-decker bus today as it plied the busy 5B route between Causeway Bay and […]
MASSIVE ROAD BUILDING PLANS REVEALED AS LANTAU SUSTAINS “FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO FUNCTION”
Lantau will see at least five new major road projects and a host of road widenings as part of a “fundamental change to Lantau’s function” according to government consultant Arup in its […]
YUEN LONG “TRAFFIC DAY” TARGETS BICYCLE USERS
People riding bikes were the target of the regular Yuen Long police “traffic day” this quarter, with 66 cyclists summonsed over the three day operation and “about 238 relevant leaflets” distributed. Taking […]
PLAN TO WIDEN LION ROCK TUNNEL SHOULD INCLUDE CYCLING AND WALKING: GREEN GROUP
The expansion of Lion Rock Tunnel must make space for cycling and pedestrians, according to transport group Kowloon Greenway, which is pushing for the road-widening project to include provision for cycling from […]
