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…
A taxi driver in Hong Kong has been slapped with the highest demerit points possible for overcharging in the first week of a new penalty system aimed at keeping cabbies on their best behaviour. A Transport Department spokesman told the Post on Saturday that since the demerit point system’s launch on Sunday, one taxi driver…
Transport and catering operators have urged Hong Kong authorities to continue offering labour import schemes to help fill the thousands of vacancies in the workforce, despite some unions calling for the measures to be suspended. Representatives of minibus and catering companies said the schemes to bring in workers, mainly from mainland China, were also part…
The death of a mainland Chinese cyclist in a Hong Kong traffic accident has prompted calls for authorities to step up road safety publicity as bike tours become more popular among visitors, with various routes promoted on a major social media platform. More mainland tourists have been opting for bike tours in Hong Kong in…