Buyers of modern cars expect to enjoy a wide range of sophisticated features that use the latest technology to revolutionise the driving experience. Electric vehicles are at the forefront of such developments. But Hong Kong’s laws restricting the functions permitted in cars are lagging behind. No information other than that related to driving is allowed…
Hong Kong’s soon-to-open Kai Tak Sports Park hosted an emergency fire evacuation drill on Sunday as part of a four-hour stress test involving 12,000 people, who left the area using specially arranged trains, buses and taxis. Operations at the park’s 5,000-seat outdoor Youth Sports Ground and 10,000-seat indoor Kai Tak Arena were under the spotlight…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Baidu has received the licence to test autonomous vehicles with its Apollo robotaxi service in Hong Kong as it expands its footprint outside Chinese mainland. Baidu Apollo International Ltd was approved to conduct trials for 10 autonomous vehicle in North Lantau, according to a statement released by Hong Kong’s Transport Department…
Public spending on a HK$2 (26 US cents) concessionary fare scheme for elderly and disabled residents in Hong Kong has risen for three years while almost 10,000 cases of passenger misuse were found in the past 17 months, the welfare chief has revealed. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han also said on Wednesday…
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…
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…
Tens of thousands of residents, hospital patients and hotel guests in Hong Kong’s Tung Chung were gradually left without their water supply from 10pm on Sunday, with the government racing to fix a burst 1.2-metre diameter pipe. The Water Supplies Department made an emergency announcement at 8pm on Sunday and dispatched water wagons and tanks…
Hong Kong police will work with transport authorities to make it mandatory to wear a helmet while riding a bicycle, the force’s chief has said, noting that the number of cyclists killed in traffic accidents had doubled in the first eight months this year. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee said on Sunday that while…
A Hong Kong taxi driver has been injured while his passenger has escaped unscathed after a cab plunged into a flooded sinkhole caused by a burst water pipe along a road in Cheung Sha Wan. The accident happened soon after midnight at 880 Lai Chi Kok Road, with a section of the route still closed…