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HKU STUDY RECOMMENDS MORE RAILINGS TO STAVE OFF BUS CRASH INJURIES

By James Ockenden on March 21, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

HK GOVT DEFENDS NEW 91%-MALE ADVISORY COUNCIL, SAYS PANEL RECRUITS ON “MERIT”

By James Ockenden on March 19, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

PROBATION FOR HOSPITAL FOREMAN WHOSE GRANDDAUGHTER DIED IN MYSTERY E-TRIKE FALL

By James Ockenden on March 16, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

“BUSY HK ISLAND ROADS, PEDESTRIANS AND KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES” EXCUSE HIGH CITYBUS/NWFB CRASH RATE: GOVT

By James Ockenden on March 14, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

FEHD: “NO SUSPECTED BREACHING OF CLEANLINESS OFFENCES” AT ILLEGAL CHINA CONCRETE PLANTS

By James Ockenden on March 13, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

WITH OPPOSITION ON TRIAL, GOVT REVIVES HATED TAI PO RIVER BRIDGE PLAN

By James Ockenden on March 12, 2023 • ( Leave a comment )

EXCLUSIVE: HONG KONG TO LEGALISE E-SCOOTERS IN 2023

By James Ockenden on November 3, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

E-scooters are set to be legalised in Hong Kong next year, with a bill to be introduced to LegCo in early 2023, according to a high-level industry source with knowledge of the […]

POLICE DROP “INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY”, DOJ REFUSES TO COMMENT

By James Ockenden on November 3, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

The Hong Kong Police Force has dropped the presumption of innocence from its public statements regarding deadly road crash arrestees, using a copy-paste sentence to “condemn” drivers arrested for dangerous driving causing […]

1,000 PEDS & CYCLISTS SUMMONSED LAST MONTH AS POLICE CRACKDOWN CONTINUES

By James Ockenden on November 2, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

Police ambushed and summonsed almost 1,000 pedestrians and cyclists last month, with districts from New Territories North to Hong Kong Island cracking down on “indiscriminate crossing of the road” and cycling offences […]

30 E-MOBILITY BLAZES IN LAST FEW YEARS – BUT GOVT CLUELESS HOW MANY DEVICES IMPORTED TO HONG KONG

By James Ockenden on October 31, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

At least 30 fires have been caused by e-mobility devices since 2020, the government has revealed – but officials also admit they don’t know how many such devices have been imported into […]

POLICE CONDEMN CEMENT TRUCK DRIVER AFTER CRASH KILLS MAN ON BICYCLE

By James Ockenden on October 25, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )
A man's bicycle lays trapped underneath a cement truck after a deadly crash which took the like of the 65-year-old cyclist

Police have arrested a 65-year-old cement truck driver after he ran over and killed a 65-year-old man on a bicycle on Castle Peak Road – Lam Tei this afternoon. Mr Yeung was […]

LAWLESS ZONE: BANDIT CONCRETE PLANT LAST INSPECTED BY LABOUR DEPT 18 MONTHS AGO

By James Ockenden on October 20, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

The last Labour Department inspection of an illegal concrete plant in Yau Tong was 18 months ago, according to the government, with officials now struggling to explain how the huge dockside plant […]

GOVT LONG WARNED OF “MALPRACTICE” AT TRUCK DEATH SITE – BUT FAILED TO SHUT DOWN YAU TONG’S CEMENT COWBOYS

By James Ockenden on October 14, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

A man was killed by a cement truck driver this afternoon outside a concrete batching plant the government had unsuccessfully tried to shut down over nuisance and “malpractice” concerns. Mr Chan, 63, […]

CITYBUS USING SECRET SLUSH FUND TO BUY CLEANTECH BUSES FROM PARENT’S FUJIAN JOINT VENTURE

By James Ockenden on October 14, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Citybus is using secret public funds to buy technology from a company in which its parent owns a significant stake, Transit Jam has learned, with millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money so […]

PEDESTRIAN KILLED YARDS FROM EARLIER TING KOK ROAD CRASH, DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on October 12, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A 68-year-old man has died crossing a road in Tai Po after a driver ran him over yesterday evening. Mr Cheuk was crossing near 57 Ting Kok Road when he was struck […]

KILLER T: 9 OUT OF 10 DRIVERS IGNORE STOP SIGN AT DEADLY CHEUNG SHA WAN JUNCTION

By James Ockenden on October 6, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

  A survey of a deadly Cheung Sha Wan junction, where a man was run over and killed last month, found fewer than one in 10 motor vehicle drivers obeying the “Stop” […]

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71-YR-OLD WOMAN HIT BY DUMP TRUCK DRIVER OUTSIDE MINIBUS STATION, FATALLY DRAGGED FOR 100 METRES

SUZUKI RIDER KILLED IN TSING YI SMASH, 63-YR-OLD MINIBUS DRIVER ARRESTED

PROBATION FOR HOSPITAL FOREMAN WHOSE GRANDDAUGHTER DIED IN MYSTERY E-TRIKE FALL

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