The controversy over mandatory seat belts in Hong Kong has intensified after a former lawmaker said a government statement failed to specify that the rule only applied to new buses registered from January 25 this year, and called on authorities to clarify their approach to enforcement as passengers worried about unwittingly breaking the law.
Doreen Kong Yuk-foon, a member of the subcommittee that examined the proposed legislative amendment last year, told the South China Morning Post on Friday…