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 […]
MONITORING BOOTLEG FUEL MERCHANTS NOT IN LINE WITH HK’S BUSINESS IDEALS, SAYS SECURITY BUREAU
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 […]
NO PROSECUTION SINCE 2007: OMBUDSMAN TO PROBE GOVT FAILURE ON ABANDONED VEHICLES
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 […]
CONTRACTOR FINED $54 FOR 4-MONTH PUBLIC TOILET REPAIR DELAY
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 […]
OMBUDSMAN TO PROBE BULLYING OF SCOOTER KIDS BY PARK GUARDS
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 […]
WADING THROUGH ROAD PLANNING DATA JUST GOT EASIER, AS GOVT UNIFIES INFO FROM 5 DEPARTMENTS
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 […]
THE CASE OF THE SUITCASE AND THE BIKE RACK: OMBUDSMAN REVEALS CLEARANCE LOOPHOLE
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 […]
“BRIDGES TO NOWHERE” SPARK ROAD PLANNING SHAKE-UP
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 […]