In a lengthy and contradictory statement, Hongkong Electric (HEC) says there is no question of it trying to evade safety laws at worksites, after a site in Wan Chai was found to […]
HK ELECTRIC BLAMES “SITE CONSTRAINTS” FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FIASCO
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 […]
GOVT DEFENDS SKIP CERTIFICATION SCHEME, “FINALISING DESIGN” FOR 2022 ROLLOUT
The government has defended its new skip certification scheme, claiming that reported poor quality licensed skips represent only a small sample of the 30 skips licensed under the scheme. Hong Kong’s pilot […]
MEET HONG KONG’S FANCY NEW LICENSED SKIPS: SAME AS THE OLD SKIPS
The government’s ailing skip registration scheme appears to have slunk into obscurity only months after its launch, with the scheme website down and a new licensed skip seen in the same poor […]
11 HURT AS MINIBUS DRIVER RUNS RED LIGHT, SMASHES INTO TRUCK
A red minibus driver reportedly careened through a red light in Cheung Sha Wan early this morning, smashing into a 5.5 tonne truck and injuring 11, including nine minibus passengers. A witness […]
TRANSPORT SECRETARY OMITS CRUCIAL CYCLE DATA FINDINGS BUT DENIES MISLEADING LEGCO
The Transport and Housing Bureau (THB) has defended its misleading response to a LegCo question yesterday, claiming Secretary for Transport Frank Chan Fan told no lie in saying the government had “no […]
MOTORCYLIST BADLY HURT IN TIN SHUI WAI CRASH, ONE DRIVER FLEES
A man on a motorcycle was rammed by the driver of a car on Tin Ying Road near Tin Shui Wai Hospital this morning, the impact shunting him into a bus and […]
POLICYMAKING IN SMOKE-FILLED ROOMS: TIME TO CHALLENGE POLICE ROAD SAFETY CRONIES
Hong Kong’s Road Safety Council (RSC) has been forced to cancel its 47th anniversary ceremony-cum-carnival on pandemic fears. Only a handful of event management consultants will weep for its absence. In its […]
MIRACLE AS CYCLIST WALKS AWAY AFTER FALLING UNDER BUS
A man who fell under a bus after his bicycle flipped on a tram track had a miraculous escape this afternoon, with apparently no injuries from his horrifying brush with death. The […]
RUNAWAY POLICE VAN CAREENS BACKWARDS DOWN COTTON TREE DRIVE, THREE CIVILIANS INJURED
Three people were injured today when a runaway police van with improperly set handbrake plunged down Cotton Tree Drive and rammed into a shuttle bus, striking a minibus and a taxi on […]
