Hong Kong authorities may use their right to control ride-hailing prices to prevent excessive and reductive competition, or involution, the Post has learned, but a lawmaker warned that this could cause legal problems and suggested regulation through controlling the number of licences issued instead. A source familiar with the matter told the Post that the…
Hong Kong drivers will be banned from placing more than two phones on their vehicle dashboards starting in January next year, the transport chief has revealed, as part of government efforts to improve road safety. In her weekly blog on Saturday, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan outlined measures aimed at improving safety, raising…
Hong Kong drivers will be banned from placing more than two phones on their vehicle dashboards starting January next year, the transport chief has revealed, as part of government efforts to improve road safety. In her weekly blog on Saturday, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan outlined measures aimed at improving safety, raising cabby…
Hong Kong police have unconditionally released a customs officer who was arrested in January after he tried to intercept a motorcyclist who later crashed and died. The police force announced the decision on Thursday almost eight months after the off-duty officer’s action became the subject of widespread debate over its appropriateness and legality. “After further…
Hong Kong police have unconditionally released a customs officer who was arrested in January after he tried to intercept a motorcyclist who later crashed and died. The police force announced the decision on Thursday almost eight months after the off-duty officer’s action became the subject of widespread debate over its appropriateness and legality. “After further…
Hong Kong police arrested 42 riders, including 11 food delivery couriers, for allegedly using electric bicycles on the road in a crackdown in western Kowloon earlier this week. The force said on Saturday that the group comprised 39 men and three women, aged between 18 and 66, of whom 10 were non-locals. Their bikes were…
Dashcam footage of two young cyclists speeding down a mountain road in Hong Kong and one almost getting hit by a car has sparked calls for greater enforcement of traffic rules to tackle reckless riders and for helmets to be made mandatory. The dashcam video, from a private vehicle heading up a winding road, shows…
Hong Kong police have arrested five people in the latest crackdown on the illegal use of e-bicycles and other powered devices in Kowloon. The force said on Thursday that the five men aged 34 to 63 were intercepted the day before in Kwun Tong, Sau Mau Ping and Tseung Kwan O. The five were detained…
The firm, registered as Baidu Apollo International Limited in Hong Kong, unveiled the details of its plan at a meeting of Islands District Council on Tuesday, saying it expected testing to start before the end of the year. Baidu, which operates driverless taxis across the border, said it had applied to launch AV testing last…
The firm, registered as Baidu Apollo International Limited in Hong Kong, unveiled the details of its plan at a meeting of Islands District Council on Tuesday, saying it expected testing to start before the end of the year. Baidu, which operates driverless taxis across the border, said it had applied to launch AV testing last…