Tires

24 Jun 2010

Tyres.Those black rims aren't always given the attention they deserve by Formula One fans. Heading back to Europe after a sojourn in North America, they are likely to be subject to much closer...

6:51AM

Fine tune driving skills on race circuit

26 Feb 2010

A recent survey of drivers in Europe showed that not only did they overestimate their driving skills, but they were unwilling to accept even the most obvious errors as their fault.

8:43AM

Maleroom

29 Jun 2008

1 Few men look like American actor Patrick Dempsey but you can try to by donning one of his favourite eyewear brands: Serengeti (he's also their spokesman).

9:22PM

Drivers spared levy on demand for old rubber

3 Mar 2008

Hong Kong drivers have been temporarily spared from a proposed levy to fund recycling because of a growing demand for used rubber tyres from developing economies, the environmental watchdog said...

9:12PM

Green solution to horse safety at Games stables

28 May 2007

Mats made from recycled tyres to line equestrian centre's floors, walls

A veteran recycler has turned tyre waste into flooring and walls for stables and a clinic at the Olympic...

8:45AM

Tyre recycling plant burns down - again

4 May 2007

A pilot scheme to recycle rubber tyres has been abruptly halted again after a government-funded recycling plant burned down for the second time in 10 months.

4:25AM

Opinion

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

5:37PM

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

2 comments

5:24AM

Scandalous

I refer to Ray McGuire's letter (South China Morning Post, January 17) about exploding tyres on our expressways.

12:08PM

Legal query still unanswered

To date, I have seen no reply to my letter headlined, 'Legal exemption claim makes no sense' (South China Morning Post, October 9).

8:44AM

Beaches shut

STANLEY Main Beach and Hair Pin Beach were temporarily closed to swimmers yesterday afternoon because of oil slicks. The Marine Department said the slicks, covering seven square kilometres, might...

5:50PM

Shanghai Tyre talks to Michelin

Shanghai Tyre & Rubber, the mainland's largest maker of radial tyres, said it might sell a stake in the company to Michelin, Europe's No 1 tyre-maker, to raise money to repay debt.

10:34AM

Tyre firms to raise capacity

The mainland's car industry will require 27 million radial tyres a year by 2000, the China News Service reports.

4:13PM

Tyre solution

KATHY Griffin's article (South China Morning Post, March 16) reminded me that there is a much better solution for the 400,000 used tyres that have to be disposed of every year in landfills.

4:36PM