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RTHK
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- RTHK
Fine tune details for southbound car scheme: lawmakers
Fine tune details for southbound car scheme: lawmakers From as early as November, motorists across the border can apply for the Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles scheme. File photo: RTHK Lawmakers on Saturday urged the government to focus on the finer details of an incoming scheme that will allow cars from Guangdong to drive into Hong Kong. From as early as November, motorists across the border can apply for the Southbound Travel for Guangdong Vehicles scheme. Drivers can park their vehicles at the airport with 100 cars per day allowed access to urban areas in the initial phase. Transport sector lawmaker Frankie Yick says he believes the city can handle more vehicles heading south but that he thinks the administration still has work to do. "There are quite a number of details that need to be clarified. Let's say, how drivers are going to settle the toll fees," Yick said after a radio programme. "And also, a lot of people are concerned about the driving behaviour... The government should do something to alert or educate those potential drivers coming down to Hong Kong." Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien also said that there might be differences in driving cultures. "There are many subtle nuances that are different. But as time progresses, the gap will narrow," Tien said. Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan has said the scheme's implementation is one of her bureau's main tasks this year. "We will closely monitor the scheme's implementation and consider further opening up more places based on the experiences and feedback from all parties," she wrote on her official blog.
South China Morning Post
28-01-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong Four Trails runner escaped rat race, made a spreadsheet for ultra race
A brutal slog, day after day and sleep-deprived, surrounded by majestic peaks, an abundance of nature and spectacular cityscapes. That description of the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge also applied to residing in the city generally for Glen Yick Kin-ho, until he was inspired to reject the daily grind in search of a better life balance – a backstory that helped earn him a place in this year's race, set to start on Wednesday. His immediate aim is to become, at 25, the youngest to complete the 298km (185-mile) route – comprising the MacLehose, Wilson, Hong Kong and Lantau trails – inside the 72-hour time limit. And after that? He is considering becoming a firefighter. It was that willingness to leave his comfort zone that stood out when Yick applied to enter Four Trails, under a process that requests not only serious running experience but compelling reasons for attempting the challenge. For Yick, that centred on finding a new purpose in life after he resolved to 'break the status quo' by saying goodbye to his job in investing and an expectation to 'work all day and night, and even at the weekend'. Glen Yick aims to become the youngest to complete Four Trails inside the time limit. Photo: Edmond So Besides dedicating his efforts to those closest to him, Yick is racing against the clock to finish on time while still younger than Sarah Pemberton, who was 26 when she timed 70 hours, 45 minutes in 2020.
