Faulty old sleepers split under pressure causing rails to spreadeagle and throw a crowded commuter train off its tracks during rush hour, injuring eight people, according to the government investigation into last […]
ROTTEN SLEEPERS CAUSED RUSH HOUR SMASH
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT LAPSES INTO LENIENCY, CARNAGE
Motorists enjoyed one of the most lenient traffic regimes for 15 years in 2019, as police shifted resources into battling protests and riots and away from traffic enforcement. New figures from the […]
POLICE FURTHER DELAY DAMNING TRAFFIC STATS
Police are yet again delaying official 2019 crime figures, until mid-April, statistics that will reveal a drastic cut in traffic enforcement for the second half of the year. Parking tickets were down […]
ROCK THROWN FROM BRIDGE PUTS TAXI PASSENGER IN HOSPITAL
A rock thrown from a bridge onto southbound Fanling Highway caused a potentially deadly smash in the early hours of February 29, according to police, with a taxi passenger taken to hospital […]
E-SCOOTER SHORT CIRCUIT KILLS YOUNG LAD
A short circuit in an electric scooter may have started a deadly apartment fire which killed an 7-year-old boy on Friday night, according to police. Firefighters battled the fire at Oriole House, […]
RACECOURSE BIKE ATTITUDE SPARKS PROTEST
A new cycling concern group flexed some muscle at Happy Valley Racecourse today, demonstrating against outdated cycle parking rules and regulations at one of the city’s largest pleasure grounds. A dozen cyclists […]
TIME FOR BED… THE PEAK’S FASTEST ROUTE DOWN
Cabin fever and a queue-free Peak Tram are driving hordes up to Victoria Peak for some fresh air… but if you find Candylicious and Gordon Ramsay aren’t your idea of the “great […]
GOV WILL BUILD RING ROAD, COST UNKNOWN BUT “WE CAN AFFORD IT”
Hong Kong’s finance chief tightened the concrete noose encircling the city today, with the “Lantau Tomorrow” ring road project billed as a top priority in the 2020 budget. At a shiftless Legislative […]
2,000 PARKING TICKETS ON DAY 1 OF 3-DAY CLAMPDOWN
Police say they’ve given out 1,922 parking tickets and towed six cars on the first day of a three-day illegal parking clampdown in the New Territories. The New Territories South Region is […]
SPORTS GROUND BIKE EXCUSES “DISRESPECTFUL”: HKCAll
Hong Kong’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) has drawn fire for comments made during an Ombudsman investigation into the department’s policy on bicycle parking. In a February 6 written response to […]
