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Hong Kong's taxi industry is being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. Moves to legitimise and regulate ride-hailing firms while improving services offered by cabbies are long overdue. But members of the influential taxi trade continue to push for privileges and block the path to progress. The government must take the handbrake off – and accelerate. Officials have had to go to extraordinary lengths to modernise the industry and lift standards. Taxis are to be required to offer at least two forms of digital payment and install cameras and devices to record their trips. There is a new disciplinary system and fleets of new 'premium' taxis have hit the streets. None of this should have been necessary. The taxi industry should have eagerly embraced technology and offered excellent service. That is the best way of competing with popular ride-hailing firms. The most important requirement is to guarantee passenger safety. The death of a tourist from the Philippines this month, knocked down by a 'dizzy' 80-year-old taxi driver, has renewed long-standing concerns about the roadworthiness of elderly cabbies.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Harmful substances found in 13 out of 28 school shoe models sold in Hong Kong
Nearly half of 28 models of primary school shoes sold in Hong Kong contain harmful substances, with carcinogens exceeding international safety limits found in four, tests by the consumer watchdog have revealed. The Consumer Council on Thursday also published international test results showing that three out of 22 child car seats models sold locally had 'weaker crash protection', and trace amounts of harmful substances were found in eight. For the shoe results, published ahead of the start of the new school year, the council tested the 28 models for chemical safety and physical performance. The shoes cost from HK$198 to HK$599. It found 'various harmful substances' in 13 of them, including the carcinogen chromium VI, aromatic amines, formaldehyde and the reproductive toxicant phthalates. Chromium VI is typically formed during leather tanning and can cause lung cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified it as a Group 1 'carcinogenic to humans' agent.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- South China Morning Post
Harmful substances found in 13 out of 28 school shoe models sold in Hong Kong
Nearly half of 28 models of primary school shoes sold in Hong Kong contain harmful substances, with carcinogens exceeding international safety limits found in four, tests by the consumer watchdog have revealed. The Consumer Council on Thursday also published international test results showing that three out of 22 child car seats models sold locally had 'weaker crash protection', and trace amounts of harmful substances were found in eight. For the shoe results, published ahead of the start of the new school year, the council tested the 28 models for chemical safety and physical performance. The shoes cost from HK$198 to HK$599. It found 'various harmful substances' in 13 of them, including the carcinogen chromium VI, aromatic amines, formaldehyde and the reproductive toxicant phthalates. Chromium VI is typically formed during leather tanning and can cause lung cancer. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified it as a Group 1 'carcinogenic to humans' agent.
