3 d. ago Can Hong Kong’s southbound travel policy for motorists be a tourism driver?

Shenzhen resident Angela Lyu was excited about the recent news that Guangdong motorists will be able to drive and stay in Hong Kong for three days under a cross-border travel scheme, but balked at the prospect of high parking fees and a required detour. The “Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles” scheme is due to open for applications in November, and successful applicants will be able to drive into the city by the end of the year. In a post on mainland Chinese social media platform RedNote,...

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1 week ago Hong Kong driver arrested after woman crossing road killed by van

Hong Kong police have arrested a driver whose van hit and killed a woman crossing the road in Kwun Tong on Friday afternoon. The man, 61, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death and remained in custody for investigation. Police received a report at 2.59pm of the accident at the junction of Kwun Tong Road and Lai Yip Street. The 61-year-old woman, surnamed Chik, sustained serious head injuries and was rushed to United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong. She was pronounced dead...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police arrest driver after pedestrian killed in crash, 3 injured

Hong Kong police have arrested a 60-year-old man after his car rammed into a van, leaving a foreign pedestrian dead and three other people injured. Police received a report at 3.53pm on Monday that a white Lexus private car driven by a 60-year-old man, travelling along Po Heung Lane eastbound, rammed into a stationary white Toyota van near a roundabout. The van then knocked down two pedestrians: a 37-year-old foreign woman and an 88-year-old woman, as well as the 64-year-old van driver. The...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police arrest driver after 2 pedestrians killed in crash

Hong Kong police have arrested a 60-year-old man after his car rammed into a stationary van, leaving two pedestrians dead and two other people injured. Police received a report at 3.53pm on Monday that a Lexus car driven by a 60-year-old man, travelling eastbound along Po Heung Lane, had slammed into a stationary Toyota van near a roundabout. The van then knocked down two women, aged 37 and 88, as well as its 64-year-old driver, who was reportedly about to climb into his vehicle. The 37-year-old...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police arrest driver, seize cocaine, after crash leaves 8 injured

Hong Kong police have arrested a driver on suspicion of drug trafficking and furious driving after his vehicle hit two buses and two private cars in a series of crashes that left eight people injured in Yau Ma Tei. Officers seized 16 packs of suspected cocaine from his car following the incident near Temple Street on Sunday. At around 2pm, a grey private car was travelling westbound along Jordan Road when it collided with a KMB double-decker bus near Pilkem Street. The car did not stop and...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police looking for man who allegedly stole HK$800 food delivery

Hong Kong police are searching for a suspected taxi driver after he allegedly stole a food delivery order worth HK$800 (US$103) from a bus station bench in Discovery Bay on Thursday morning. The force said it received a report at 7.19am from a male food delivery worker who said that boxes of food he had placed on a bus station bench had been stolen. “At about 5.30am this morning, the delivery worker was supposed to deliver four boxes of food. During which, he placed them on a bench at a bus...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police looking for man over theft of HK$800 food order at bus station

Hong Kong police are searching for a suspected taxi driver after he allegedly stole a food delivery order worth HK$800 (US$103) from a bus station bench in Discovery Bay on Thursday morning. The force said it received a report at 7.19am from a male food delivery worker who said that boxes of food he had placed on a bus station bench had been stolen. “At about 5.30am this morning, the delivery worker was supposed to deliver four boxes of food. During which, he placed them on a bench at a bus...

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