Cowboy construction firm Aggressive Construction has been blamed for six worker deaths in the last 42 months, the latest tragedy happening yesterday at a government worksite near West Kowloon. A 56-year-old electrician […]
A TAXING WALK NO MORE: GOVT WILL ADD GREEN MAN CROSSING OUTSIDE NEW TAX BUILDING
Inland Revenue’s new public building in Kai Tak will get a signalised pedestrian crossing near its Concorde Road entrance after questions were raised over pedestrian safety in accessing the new tax offices. […]
ANOTHER WORKER DEAD AS KAI TAK CONSTRUCTION FEVER MOUNTS
A construction worker has died after falling through two floors of an unfinished building at a Kai Tak building site yesterday morning, once again raising questions on worker protections through the Kai […]
BRINGING UP THE RHEA: KAI TAK BORING MACHINE NAMED FOR “ETERNAL FLOW OF TIME”
The two 4,200-tonne Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) to be used to creating the Trunk Road T2 and Cha Kwo Ling Tunnel have been christened “Victoria” and “Rhea” after a public competition to […]
FTU DEMANDS MORE VISITOR CAR PARKING ON KAI TAK OPEN LAND, SAYS GOVT CONCURS
The Federation of Trade Unions (FTU), the party behind the recent attack on the Protection of Harbour Ordinance (PHO), invited government officials for a tour of Kai Tak Cruise Terminal yesterday to […]
POLICY ADDRESS 2021: BIKE PLAN IS COPY OF CY LEUNG’S 2017 PLAN, WHILE CONGESTION CHARGING NOTABLY ABSENT
The Chief Executive today outlined planning for cycle tracks that lobbyists say is just a restatement of a long-toothed project and will not help shift commuter journeys away from cars. In the […]
CAR-CENTRIC ROAD DESIGN WILL TURN KAI TAK INTO A RACETRACK, SAYS EXPERT
New roads in Kai Tak will quickly turn into “racing tracks” says a road safety expert, who warns the city’s default 50 kph speed limit will continue to lead to “car-oriented” designs […]
LAWMAKER DEMANDS ANSWERS TO 1.3 KPH BUS, “PARALYSED” KWUN TONG TRAFFIC
Lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun has demanded the government respond to worsening congestion in Kwun Tong, citing an average peak hour bus speed of just 1.3 kph – around a quarter of an […]
COWBOY CONSTRUCTION CREATES PEDESTRIAN HELL
The last week has been deadly for construction workers working at Kai Tak: three have died in three separate incidents, with one falling from scaffolding, one crushed by a cement pod and […]
TRANSPORT LAWMAKER REJECTS KAI TAK RECLAMATION PROPOSAL
A plan to reclaim the typhoon shelter at Kai Tak for housing could be scuppered by transport lawmaker Frankie Yick, who’s added a “poison pill” amendment to a LegCo motion ahead of […]
