
The government is taking steps to reduce widespread aggravation and distress from renovation noise, with new laws proposed in LegCo today to quell the racket from some 200,000 flats a year undergoing […]
The government is taking steps to reduce widespread aggravation and distress from renovation noise, with new laws proposed in LegCo today to quell the racket from some 200,000 flats a year undergoing […]
Star Ferry plans to double all cross-harbour fares, according to a document presented to LegCo’s Transport Panel this week, putting the weekend bicycle fare at more than double the cost of driving […]
Lawmakers yesterday took advantage of a debate on mandatory cycle helmets to push for a tougher regulatory regime for bicycle riders including driving licences, speed limits and further road restrictions. During a […]
Up to 400 taxis will be recruited for dedicated patient transport starting Friday after the government said a “tsunami” of cases had overwhelmed hospital and ambulances. Under the current case backlog, estimated […]
The government may restrict how many phones a driver can mount on a vehicle’s dashboard, with increasing concerns over driver distraction, particularly amongst taxi drivers. Transport chief Frank Chan Fan yesterday told […]
The Environment Protection Department (EPD) has revealed around 22,200 tonnes of used tyres, the equivalent of around 1.9 million car tyres or a million truck tyres, are buried in Hong Kong’s landfills […]
Around 3,400 tonnes of tyres were dumped in landfill in 2019, the latest year with data recorded, according to government figures revealed to LegCo today. That represents 285,000 car tyres or 155,000 […]
Police are pushing for a change in traffic laws to allow traffic summons such as jaywalking and parking tickets to be handled electronically and linked to government app iAM Smart. The force […]
Lawmakers have proposed a centralised cloud of taxi dashcam footage to combat fraud and prevent taxi drivers withholding incriminating footage of their accidents. Frankie Yick Chi-ming, transport-sector lawmaker and transport panel chairman, […]
Illegible handwriting caused 6,700 parking tickets, worth over $2.1 million in fines, to be quashed between 2017 and 2020, police figures reveal, as the government proposes legislation to allow more widespread automatic […]