Fatal traffic accident in Tai Po
Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident happened in Tai Po today (January 26), in which a man died.
At 7.25am, a light goods vehicle (LGV) driven by a 70-year-old man was travelling along Ting Kok Road towards Tai Mei Tuk. When approaching 68 Ting Kok Road, it reportedly knocked down the man who was riding a bicycle crossing Ting Kok Road.
Photo source: Screenshot of i-CABLE News
Sustaining head and leg injuries, the man was rushed to Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital in unconscious state and was later certified dead.
The man, aged about 70 to 80, was about 1.8 metres tall and of strong build. He was wearing a long-sleeved red checkered shirt, greyish blue trousers and grey shoes. No identity document was found in his possession.
The LGV driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death and is being detained for further enquiries.
Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories North is under way.
Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers. The contact number is 3661 3860.
The windshield of the LGV is broken, Photo source: Screenshot of i-CABLE News
Remarks by SFST at 19th Asian Financial Forum media session
Following are the remarks made by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, at a media session whilst attending 19th Asian Financial Forum this morning (January 26):
Reporter: You have mentioned about keeping the communication with the Chinese Mainland IPOs. What concrete measures are being prioritised to ensure robust and sustained trading activity for new listings companies in Hong Kong, and how to make sure their quality?
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury: I think one of the key things that we have tried to do is to ensure the continued quality of our own market. So you can see that in the coming year, there are a number of things that we will be pursuing.
First of all, in terms of the listing requirements, we will enhance our listing requirements to see how we can further our competitiveness in the capital market, in particular on the weighted voting rights, and the second one is on the secondary trading. We are also looking into how we can bring our clearing cycle from the current T+2 into T+1 with the market. At the same time, we are now reviewing our board lot size, and also the minimum spread of our stock market, with a view to enhancing the overall liquidity of our capital market.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the remarks.)
Mr Christopher Hui, Photo source: news.gov.hk
