How can Tin Shui Wai be revitalised?
I read about a man in Tin Shui Wai who uses a bicycle to do delivery work.
He earns HK$150 a day, but the lack of cycling paths in the area means he can commit an offence for cycling in the wrong place and get fined. The fine is HK$300, which is two days' wages.
I thought when the government planned for cycling paths in Tin Shui Wai and other new towns, it had in mind that the paths were not for regular commuting, but for leisure. This assumption was clearly wrong.
It is obvious that many Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai residents use bicycles as a cheap means of transport within these areas. Therefore, it is important that officials provide an environment that is friendly to bicycles.
They should:
Provide connected cycling paths and allow some exemptions to cyclists at locations where the risk to pedestrians and other road users is low; and
