Details of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Marathon, a test event for this year’s National Games, were released on Thursday evening, revealing that Shenzhen Bay Bridge will be closed while up to 100 runners take part in the race later this month. The test event, which is to be organised by the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, will…
Hong Kong’s rail giant and transport authorities have come under pressure to review their penalty mechanism after a train fault caused a seven-hour service disruption, despite industry insiders calling the incident rare. Lawmaker Gary Zhang Xinyu said on Thursday that the current penalty system for service delays failed to reflect the scale of the disruption…
An equipment fault on an engineer’s train near Hong Kong’s Tai Wo MTR station has caused disruptions on the East Rail Line service, with delays leading to intervals of up to 24 minutes at certain stops. The MTR Corporation urged passengers on Wednesday at 8.02am to consider using other transport as longer waiting times on…
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu delivered his third policy address on October 16. As expected, he opened with an iteration of Beijing’s expectations of Hong Kong and the city’s institutional strengths under “one country, two systems”, plus the completion of its constitutional duty to enact national security legislation. Though economic competitiveness was not…