Highways Department

14 Apr 2012

A big fan of the ocean from an early age, Tsang Cheuk-yin's career in the Marine Department has given him many memorable experiences.

12:36PM

Firm told to pay for bypass damage

15 Sep 2011

The government is claiming HK$320,000 from a contractor on the Central-Wan Chai Bypass whom it blames for causing gaps that appeared in the Island Eastern Corridor expressway in January.

...

7:31PM

Quashed bridge plan was to be 'extra clean'

22 Apr 2011

Officials said reclamation work for the boundary facilities of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, the environmental permit for which was recently quashed by a court, would be among the cleanest...

8:26AM

Family shattered by falling-tree death, government indifference

19 Jun 2010

My brother-in-law, Choi Kit-keung, was struck by a 15-metre tree that fell in Sha Tin, and died after sustaining serious head injuries ('Death adds to concerns about tree precautions', June 16...

5:25PM

Firm refuses to remove telecoms poles

6 May 2010

The government is considering taking legal action over the installation of some 500 iron poles by Hong Kong Broadband Network after the company refused to remove them.

6:41AM

Transmission poles break rules, officials tell broadband firm

3 Apr 2010

Some 500 steel transmission poles put up around the city by the Hong Kong Broadband Network do not comply with regulations on land excavation, officials say.

4:24PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Highways to hell

The ICAC case known as Operation Waterspout is definitely one to watch, for a number of reasons. First, for the large number and seniority of the people involved.

6:03AM

Non-vital signs

On the Tsing Kwai Highway heading towards Lantau Island, as you approach Tsing Yi, you pass beneath a couple of large electronic road signs that were, presumably, designed to warn of problem...

6:03AM

'World' city has much poorer roads than elsewhere in region

With reference to the reply from Victor Chan of the Highways Department ('Careful checks on roadworks', September 20) to my initial letter ('Why can't our potholes be fixed for good?', September 8...

9:35AM

Country park lighting project not a victory if the people lose

CLP Power has begun finishing off the street lighting project in Sai Kung Country Park West that was initiated two years ago and put on temporary hold due to public opposition.

12:44PM

Residents lose fight against street lighting

Country park road to be lit

The Highways Department's last-ditch effort to convince residents of Sai Kung that street lamps along an unlit area of the country park are necessary has...

3:12PM

Central vendors win pledge of fast answers on street cave-in

The Highways Department has promised to take just two days to find out the cause of a street cave-in in Central on Tuesday and who should be liable for vendors' losses.

3:27AM