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E-BIKE CRACKDOWN CONTINUES WITH SIX ARRESTS
Police have arrested another six e-bike riders, stressing the machines are illegal on roads, pavements and cycle tracks and urging the public not to test the law. During a Hong Kong Island […]
DELIVERY CYCLIST GORED BY DUMP TRUCK, DRIVER ARRESTED
Police have arrested a dump truck driver for dangerous driving after a delivery cyclist was run over and trapped under the heavy vehicle in Causeway Bay this afternoon. Driver Mr Chen, 27, […]
11 ARRESTED ON MID-AUTUMN STREET RACING OP
West Kowloon police arrested eight men and three women aged between 28 and 50 during a two-day traffic operation over the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Police say they patrolled expressways in “stealth” vehicles […]
COPS ISSUE HUNDREDS OF TICKETS FOR ILLEGAL BICYCLE PARKING, 35 ARRESTS FOR E-BIKE OFFENCES
Police declared war on illegal bicycle parking in Sha Tin last Friday (13 September), giving over six hundred tickets and 14 court summonses for bicycle parking and riding offences. With the aim […]
MAINLAND CYCLE STAR HAYLEY PAN KILLED IN TOUR BUS CRASH ON LANTAU
A mainland cycling celebrity has been killed in a crash with a tour bus on a Lantau road while riding in Hong Kong. The woman, Hayley Pan, 31, was riding on Keung […]
10 ARRESTED FOR SCOOTER AND E-BIKE RIDING
Cops arrested seven men and three women for riding e-scooters and e-bikes in an operation spanning five police districts on Thursday. The arrested persons, aged between 23 and 74 and caught in […]
NO ARREST AFTER “ROCKY III” DRIVER SMASHES INTO RECYCLING GRANNY
Police say they have made no arrests after a van driver swerved into an elderly woman who was collecting cardboard along the road in Chai Wan yesterday evening. Ms Wong, 72, was […]
MAN KILLED AS TOUR BUS DRIVER MAKES ILLEGAL LEFT TURN ONTO CROSSING
A 51-year-old man was killed on a pedestrian crossing today in Mong Kok this afternoon, with video footage revealing a tour bus making an illegal left turn onto a green-man crossing. The […]
BUS CAPTAIN SUSPENDED FOR SMOKING AND USING PHONE WHILE DRIVING PASSENGERS
KMB says it has suspended a bus driver caught smoking and watching a video on his mobile phone while driving route 59M on the Tuen Mun Highway last night. Several passing motorists […]
FIVE INJURED AT INNOVATION PARK CRANE COLLAPSE
Five workers were hospitalised yesterday afternoon after a crane carrying a two-tonne concrete block collapsed and fell around 20 metres at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park (HSITP) being constructed in […]
IMPORTED WORKER CHARGED WITH SOLICITING BRIBES FROM SUBORDINATES AT THIRD RUNWAY PROJECT
An imported worker at Hong Kong’s “third runway” project was yesterday charged with bribing 10 fellow workers to help them keep their jobs in Hong Kong under the imported labour scheme. Chen […]
GOVT PLEDGES “BETTER BICYCLE STORAGE, CONNECTIVITY” FOR ESTATES UNDER NEW DESIGN BLUEPRINT
Hong Kong’s Housing Department (HD) promises to offer better bicycle access and storage at new public housing estates as well as improve bicycle facilities at existing estates, officials told Transit Jam at […]
BANNED KILLER DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FERRARI NABBED AT TWICE SPEED LIMIT, DRUG TEST FAILED
Police have arrested a habitual driving offender who was banned from driving for life in 2017 after multiple dangerous driving convictions, including causing a death and for driving with multiple suspensions. The […]
DOUBTS CAST ON $10M “RED LIGHT” JUSTIFICATION AS 100% OF INSTALLED PROJECTORS FOUND NON-FUNCTIONAL
A Transit Jam study has found 100% of “red light projectors” being rolled out by Transport Department (TD) are non-functional in daylight or obstructed, raising questions on a government-commissioned $330,000 University of […]
CHINA RAILWAY DEPUTY GM CHARGED IN $2M TSEUNG KWAN O GOVT WORKS BRIBE
The deputy General Manager of China Railway 15th Bureau Group Company Limited (CR15) has been charged by the ICAC in a bribery scandal involving a major government engineering works for a project […]
CUSTOMS OFFICER KILLED IN BORDER BRIDGE CRASH PLUNGE
A senior customs officer was confirmed dead this morning after a crash on the Shenzhen Bay Bridge saw his vehicle plunge over crash barriers into the sea. Customs said the 46-year-old officer, […]
KWAI TSING COPS CRACK DOWN ON TRAFFIC AHEAD OF NEW SCHOOL YEAR, BUT CITYWIDE ISSUES UNRESOLVED
Traffic police in Kwai Tsing gave 817 tickets and towed five private cars in a massive sting operation against illegal parking ahead of the new school year. Kwai Tsing has around 135 […]
GOVT SPENDS $7 MILLION TO DEVELOP MAINLAND DRIVING SIMULATOR FOR NORTHBOUND DRIVERS
A PolyU aerospace researcher has been awarded $7 million from the government’s controversial Smart Traffic Fund (STF) to develop a mainland driving simulator for Hong Kong drivers, under the banner of road […]
AUTHORITIES CRACKDOWN ON YAU MA TEI FRUIT MARKET
Police and government officials mounted a joint operation around Yau Ma Tei fruit market last night to combat “street obstructions” from wholesale fruit traders. Officers the Yau Ma Tei Divisional Task Force, […]
THREE TUNNEL PROBLEM: GOVT SHRUGS OFF MILLIONS OF LOST TOLLS IN MISCOUNT MYSTERY
An exposé by financial analyst and activist investor David Webb has found serious miscounting of cross-harbour tunnel traffic over the last decade. According to Webb, government traffic figures showed Hong Kong Island […]
MINIBUS DRIVER ARRESTED AS WOMAN KILLED AT PLAZA HOLLYWOOD CROSSING
Police have arrested a 66-year-old minibus driver for dangerous driving after he knocked down and killed a 47-year-old woman who was crossing the road in Diamond Hill this morning. According to police, […]
20 TRANSITIONAL HOUSING UNITS STILL NEED FIXING MONTHS AFTER WATER SEEPAGE PROBLEMS REPORTED
At least 20 units at a beleaguered Kai Tak transitional housing complex are still to be rectified after massive multiple water leaks at the new complex caused flooding, mould and even mushroom […]
HZMB CROSS-BORDER BUS WORKER JAILED AFTER SOLICITING PANDEMIC BRIBES
A bus worker has been jailed after offering shuttle bus seats to mainland tourists for bribes without proper paperwork during pandemic restrictions. In January 2023, Ng Kwong-lung, 36, was employed as a […]
PROFESSOR DIES IN APPARENT SUICIDE AT ONE OF LAST UN-GATED EAST RAIL LINE PLATFORMS
Updated 4:10pm 26 August 2024. The original version of this story published 8:34am on 26 August 2024 had many issues stemming from potentially false and even fraudulent information from a previously trusted […]
POLICE ARREST PICKUP TRUCK DOG KILLER
Police last night arrested a 50-year-old pickup truck driver after video surfaced online of a truck running over a dog on a Yuen Long. A dashcam video posted online showed the blue […]
MTR DIRECTOR ONCE GUILTY OF “DELIBERATE COVER-UP” OVER XRL DELAY TAKES CENTRE STAGE IN UK’S RAIL TRANSFORMATION
The MTR Projects Director accused of a “deliberate cover-up” of budget, labour and construction problems with the Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) has surfaced as a leading proponent of the UK’s […]
TRAINING FIRM CAUGHT HELPING WORKERS CHEAT CONSTRUCTION SAFETY EXAM
An accredited government training provider has been struck off a construction safety training register for three months after government investigators found the firm allowed discussion of answers amongst trainees during a written […]
PRISON THE ONLY CURE FOR FIRE SAFETY SCOFFLAWS SAYS MICHAEL TIEN
Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien has launched a blistering attack on government plans to increase fire safety fines, claiming it was common knowledge that Hong Kongers are “not afraid of paying fines” and […]
MAN IN COMA AFTER BEING RUN OVER TWICE AT BAUHINIA TOURIST SPOT
A 69-year-old man remains unconscious after being knocked down by a taxi and then a private car at a tourist spot in Wan Chai yesterday. The victim, Mr Leung, was first knocked […]
“JUST A GIMMICK”: NATIONAL ECOLOGY DAY GREENWASH EXPOSED
When Chan Pak-cheung, Acting Director of Hong Kong’s Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), held up a bicycle placard at a group photo to launch China’s National Ecology Day in Hong Kong […]
FEHD STREET CLEANING FOREMAN JAILED UNDER BRIBERY LAWS
A cleansing and pest control foreman with the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) has been jailed for four months for breaching the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance, after accepting an unauthorised loan […]
DEATH TRAM FAMILY MAY HAVE “LOOKED IN WRONG DIRECTION”
Sources at the scene of a deadly Kennedy Town tram crash this morning told local media the family may have “looked in the wrong direction” from the safety of the pedestrian refuge […]
WANTED CRIMINALS CAN EASILY ESCAPE HK THROUGH SLAPDASH BRIDGE SECURITY: WHISTLEBLOWER
Loopholes and lax security at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HKZMB) allow wanted criminals and unauthorised staff to slip in and out of Hong Kong undetected, according to a whistleblower investigation by HK01. […]
MAINLAND RIDE-HAIL PLATFORM DIDI SAID TO LAUNCH IN HONG KONG, HOURS AFTER CE VIGILANTE WARNING
Mainland ride-hailing platform Didi will launch in Hong Kong, according to unconfirmed reports, with the news coming just hours after Hong Kong’s chief executive John Lee warned citizens and the taxi industry […]
LUNG FUNG PHARMACY TRUCK KILLS 82-YR-OLD WOMAN IN MONG KOK
Tragedy struck Mong Kong yesterday afternoon when an 82-year-old woman was knocked down and killed by a Lung Fung pharmacy truck driver. According to police, truck driver Mr Chan, 54, was driving […]
FIRE TRUCK DRIVER WHO KILLED CYCLIST GETS FOUR WEEKS JAIL, JUDGE GRANTS PUBLIC HOUSING FAVOUR
The fire truck driver who killed American adventurer Benjamin Restrepo in Sai Kung in 2020 was today sentenced to four weeks jail, with a favour granted from magistrate Lau Suk-han to […]
HOTEL ROOMS STILL FOR SALE AT “DANGEROUS” JORDAN BLAZE SCENE
Hotel booking sites are still selling rooms in a fire-ravaged Hong Kong building condemned as “dangerous” by the government, a Transit Jam investigation has found. One global platform, Booking.com, offers at least […]
TAXI DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL CHOI HUNG PEDESTRIAN CRASH
Police have arrested a 65-year-old taxi driver for dangerous driving following a fatal crash on a Kwun Tong Road sliproad last night. According to police, driver Mr Lee was driving westbound on […]
GOVT LIFTS JUST 11.4 KM OF RAILINGS FOR “WALKABILITY”, LAWMAKER’S WALK WOES HIGHLIGHT WORK TO BE DONE
Transport Department (TD) has retired just 11.4 km of road railings under its “Walk in HK” initiative, the government revealed today, with another 1,824 unnecessary road signs removed to declutter pavements. The […]
GOVT REFUSES REGINA IP’S REQUEST TO VOTE ON T4 CYCLE TRACK
The government today denied lawmakers a chance to vote on whether an elevated cycle track should be included in its controversial T4 Trunk Road project after Hong Kong Island West lawmaker Regina […]
