The government has kyboshed a plan to tackle dangerous and illegal filling stations at source, claiming to do so “would not be in line with the Government’s principle of facilitating the business […]
The Ombudsman is to probe government failure to act on abandoned vehicles illegally occupying government land, 14 years since the last successful prosecution of an abandoned vehicle case. “For years, the government […]
An Ombudsman probe into mis-management of public toilets has revealed paltry fines dished out to tardy contractors, including one $54 fine for a contractor who delayed repair work by 125 days and […]
Hong Kong’s Ombudsman has launched an inquiry into the behaviour of park security guards, Transit Jam has learned, after complaints from parents that guards were systematically scolding scooter and bike riders as […]
Data previously scattered across five different government departments is now accessible through a “one-stop” platform launched by the government today, in a bid to simplify and improve public access to urban planning […]
Removing warning notices from bikes to be cleared prevents their removal by Lands Department, the Ombudsman revealed today in a case study in its annual report, highlighting a loophole in the law […]
Half-completed roads, flyover stubs and “bridges to nowhere”, some abandoned back in the 1980s, show the need for a complete overhaul of government traffic planning mechanisms and transparency, the Ombudsman recommended in […]
