One thing our government never seems to tire of is infrastructure. As if we didn’t have plenty of underused roads, tunnels, railways and bridges, now they are planning to build yet another new train, the “Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link” (or “XRL”),...
A growing number of people in Hong Kong believe the way forward for the city is on two wheels. Bikes, they point out, are more efficient, cheaper and less demanding on our pressured land resources than cars. Most importantly, they’re healthier, both for individual riders and the general...
HK Magazine: Why did you decide to start living in a bus?
Ah Chung: I always loved buses as a child. I admired the British-style buses and I would daydream about how cool it would be to live inside one. In 2004, my family home needed repairs as it was getting increasingly dilapidated. It did some...
Which is more important in Hong Kong—cars or you? If you read the pedestrian chapter of the Transport Department’s official “Road User’s Code,” you are bombarded with images of people fleeing for their lives or cowering in fear of the next luxury sedan barreling around...
The government calls it “Route 4,” the proposed road that—if given the green light—will stretch along the Kennedy Town waterfront right through to Aberdeen, ruining the sea view and turning that stretch of waterfront into another concrete mess. According to the Transport...
Everybody in Hong Kong has a taxi driver story. Some are weird and wonderful; others are outright horror shows. Some taxi drivers want to be your best friend, some want to take a tire iron to your head—and some maybe both. Cabbies can be loudmouths, comedians, know-it-alls or bores. They can...
We have a traffic problem. Hong Kong has over 618,000 registered vehicles – almost a third more than the number in 1998. Over 21,000 were registered in the first nine months of this year alone, up 9,000 from 2006 - the sharpest increase in half a decade.
With traffic congestion as bad as ever...
Once upon a time, people would take the Star Ferry as part of their daily commute. But since the Central pier was relocated to IFC last year, both revenue and patronage has been plummeting, and the iconic ferry looks like it will soon be nothing more than a tourist attraction.
The Star Ferry...
It’s healthy, it’s fun and it’s just what our congested city needs more of. So why don’t more people cycle? Contrary to popular opinion, you don’t need to have a death wish to go biking in Hong Kong, but simply the right information and a good dose of energy. We can...
HK Magazine: What are you doing, Alex?
Alex: I am conducting the traffic. Nobody can do it the way I do. I have special powers.
HK: What kind?
Alex: You see, I am the Son of God. I think differently from you people… I have been on ATV, TVB – ever wonder how I can be on both channels?...
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