Police have arrested a 38-year-old man for dangerous driving after his mud truck hit and killed a 78-year-old man in Yau Ma Tei.

At about 9am, the truck reportedly knocked the man down as he was crossing the road, at the junction of Waterloo Road and Wylie Road.

The pedestrian was sent to Kwong Wah Hospital where he died at around 10am.

Witnesses should call Police at 2773 5200 or 2773 5258.

The Police today launched a YouTube channel, to promote the force and increase people's understanding of its work. 

The channel contains videos grouped into six categories – Latest Update, Editor’s Choice, Crime Prevention, Police Work, Events & Activities, and Public Appreciation.

Police formations, cadres, clubs, and other groups will produce videos depicting the different nature of police work.

The channel enhances Police communication with the public through social media, following the launch of the Hong Kong Police Mobile Application last July. Version 1.3 of the app was also launched today, which includes an e-reporting function and a link to the Notification of Public Meeting/Public Procession webpage.

People can use e-forms to make non-urgent reports or enquiries, including lost property, noise nuisance, crime information, telephone nuisance, unjustified issuance of a fixed-penalty ticket, vehicle obstruction, general enquiries, compliments and complaints.

Click here for more information.

The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2013 will be gazetted on March 28 to implement the Arrangement Concerning Reciprocal Recognition & Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between Hong Kong and Macau.

It will be tabled at the Legislative Council on April 24.

The arrangement, concluded with Macau in January, enhances Hong Kong’s role as a regional arbitration centre, as it facilitates the efficient enforcement of Macau arbitral awards in Hong Kong and vice-versa.

To implement the arrangement, the Arbitration Ordinance must be amended to enable Hong Kong courts to enforce awards made in Macau according to principles set out in the arrangement.

Under the proposed amendments, a Macau award is enforceable in Hong Kong either by action in the Court of First Instance, or in the same manner as an arbitral award to which the relevant section of the ordinance applies with the court's leave.

The bill provides that with the court's leave, any emergency relief an emergency arbitrator in or outside Hong Kong grants is enforceable in the same manner as a court order or direction.

Chief Executive CY Leung says the Government will adhere to the legal system to resolve the right of abode issue for children born in Hong Kong to Mainland parents.

Speaking to the media before today's Executive Council meeting, Mr Leung welcomed the Court of Final Appeal’s decision yesterday to exclude foreign domestic helpers from seeking the right of abode in Hong Kong, adding the court clarified important legal perspectives.

Mr Leung said the Government will continue to use the legal system to try to resolve the abode issue for children born in Hong Kong to Mainland parents who are not permanent residents.

The Government will stop expectant Mainland mothers at boundary checkpoints, and track down the illicit agencies helping them come to Hong Kong to give birth.

Mr Leung said the issues put pressure on Hong Kong’s medical, education and social services, saying more than 200,000 Mainlanders have given birth here so far.

He said he and the Government are concerned about the problem, saying apart from the administrative measures conducted, the whole community needs to find better ways to resolve it.

When asked about a report that a Central Government official had been consulted before the introduction of the Buyer's Stamp Duty, Mr Leung said the move was not asking for instructions.

He said the duty targets non-local buyers, and there is a need to undertake “internal diplomacy” and “external diplomacy”, adding that appropriate parties had been notified after the Government decided to impose the stamp duty.