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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 )

ENVIRONMENT OFFICIALS LIE ABOUT HENDERSON CONSTRUCTION SITE FALLING DEBRIS CLEAN-UP

By James Ockenden on September 30, 2022 • ( 2 Comments )

Officials have lied about the clean-up of fallen debris from a building site in Sai Wan Ho with the area still littered with scaffolding dregs despite assurances from the government the issue […]

GOVT-CONTRACTED DRIVER ARRESTED AS PEDESTRIAN KILLED ON PAVEMENT IN 3RD SANITATION TRUCK DEATH IN 10 DAYS

By James Ockenden on September 28, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A government-contracted driver lost control of his cleaning truck last night, ploughing into five vehicles and causing a shunt which killed a 65-year-old pedestrian on the pavement. 65-year-old driver Mr Luk was […]

TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER HIT-AND-RUN PUTS CYCLIST IN HOSPITAL

By James Ockenden on September 23, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Police this afternoon caught up with and arrested a truck driver six hours after a serious crash which hospitalized a 70 year-old man. Mr So, 70, was riding a bicycle along Kam […]

ANOTHER GARBAGE TRUCK DEATH AS FEHD DRIVER KILLS 85-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN

By James Ockenden on September 22, 2022 • ( 3 Comments )

A government garbage truck driver knocked over and killed an elderly man in Cheung Sha Wan this morning, the second garbage truck death in six days and coming a month after a […]

HIGH COURT SLAMS MAGISTRATE “BIAS” IN PEDESTRIAN CRASH VICTIM’S 91-DAY “JAYWALKING” TRIAL

By James Ockenden on September 22, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

The High Court has thrown out a Deputy Magistrate’s “tainted” and “bias[ed]” decision on HK$620,000 court costs and called for Bar Association and Law Society investigations into two defence lawyers following a […]

MAN RIDING BICYCLE KILLED IN TUEN MUN, VAN DRIVER ARRESTED

By James Ockenden on September 21, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

A 71-year-old man riding a bicycle died after being knocked down by a van driver in Tuen Mun early this morning. Police do not yet have full details of the tragedy – […]

GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER 93-YEAR-OLD WOMAN KILLED CROSSING THE ROAD

By James Ockenden on September 17, 2022 • ( 1 Comment )

A 93-year-old woman has died after a garbage truck driver ran her over on a Chai Wan side street this morning. According to reports, 48-year-old Baguio employee Mr Leung was driving the […]

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TESTED ON PUBLIC ROADS, RESEARCHERS AND GOVT REFUSE TO COMMENT

By James Ockenden on September 15, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Researchers and the government are keeping quiet as video emerged showing an apparent test of an autonomous vehicle (AV) on a public Hong Kong road in June this year. In video shared […]

A NEW CRUSADE: POLICE HAVE QUIETLY REPLACED TOP TRAFFIC COP (BUT REFUSE TO SAY WHEN)

By James Ockenden on September 8, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Hong Kong has a new chief of traffic police, Crusade Yau Siu-kei, replacing Damon Au Wing-leung, who held the post for less than two years. But police have refused to state exactly […]

234 SUMMONSES GIVEN IN POLICE CRACKDOWN ON PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE ON BICYCLES

By James Ockenden on September 8, 2022 • ( Leave a comment )

Police across the territory have stepped up operations to “combat pedestrian traffic violations” and targeting “bicycle-related activities”, with two major operations on Hong Kong Island netting 150 pedestrians summonses, an operation in […]

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