Hong Kong should not be held back by a lack of land or parking spaces in pushing ahead with a plan to let Guangdong province residents drive to the city, the transport minister has said, as she reiterated that the scheme would be rolled out with strict controls. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan…
Inflexible working hours, a lack of incentives and resistance to change are among the reasons Hong Kong’s premium taxi fleets are failing to attract drivers, industry representatives have said, after a trial run faced a spate of cancelled bookings. Ho Chi-keung, who leads the Motor Transport Workers General Union’s taxi division, said on Wednesday that…
Motorists may only have to pay between HK$18 (US$2.30) and HK$45 to use Hong Kong’s Tai Lam Tunnel, down from HK$58, after control is handed back to the government next year, the Post has learned. A government source said on Monday that authorities were leaning towards implementing time-based tolls at the 3.8km tunnel in the…
Two of Hong Kong’s major bus operators have applied to raise fares, with the highest proposed increase being nearly 10 per cent, the Post has learned, as lawmakers raise concerns over the services’ affordability amid a sluggish economy. Three sources said on Tuesday that franchised bus company KMB had applied to raise fares by 6.5…