Sai Kung bikers down in the dumps
Cyclists are being warned against leaving their bikes unattended in Sai Kung after a recent clean-up operation saw dozens of two-wheelers being removed without notice from public areas. This is despite the lack of a designated bicycle parking area in Sai Kung town.
Cyclists are being warned against leaving their bikes unattended in Sai Kung after a recent clean-up operation saw dozens of two-wheelers being removed without notice from public areas. This is despite the lack of a designated bicycle parking area in Sai Kung town.
Confiscated bikes wind up in a dump on Hiram’s Highway, near the junction with Clearwater Bay Road, which has grown to epic proportions. As there is no system for reclaiming the confiscated bikes from the government, they will eventually be auctioned in bulk to scrap-metal dealers.
Friends of Sai Kung chairman Guy Shirra, who has been in contact with the Transport Department requesting the provision of bicycle parking areas, was told in an email from the department’s K.L. Ma that “cycling activities are not popular in the area”. Which is news to many of us.
Ma states: “It is our current practice that, for places where no cycle track is provided and cycling is not popular, we normally do not provide any designated cycle parking facilities.”
However, he says there is a long-term plan to provide a bike park near Sha Kok Mei on Tai Mong Tsai Road on completion of the much-delayed cycle track to Ma On Shan. There is no news yet as to when that might be. Meanwhile, keep an eye on your bicycle.
