WHO Air Quality Guideline*
Last Reading: Sep 3, 2010 2pm
“You scream, I scream, we all scream for…CLEAN AIR!”
That’s right, this summer Clean Air Network (CAN) is partnering up with Ben & Jerry’s to promote clean air awareness!
We are hosting a drawing competition so children can draw their artistic impressions of Hong Kong’s air. Winners of the drawings will receive special ice-cream prizes from...
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This summer, CAN brings you a brand new public service announcement featuring popular Hong Kong movie star, Daniel Wu. The video is an ironic 1980s-style infomercial flogging a fake brand of canned air called “Fresh Air.” The Cantonese version of the video has already...
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Art For Air from Clean Air Network and Ben & Jerry’s
日期: 2010年8月9日 – 2010年9月17日
Dates: August 9th – September 17th, 2010
是次比賽的勝出者與首200名的參加者可以獲得由美國冰淇淋品牌 Ben & Jerry’s所送出的冰淇淋獎品！
The winner and first 200 entrants of the Art for Air drawing competition about Hong Kong air pollution will receive special...
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This week’s API exceedances bode ill for this autumn
Two days ago, there was an API exceedance at Tap Mun, indicating increasing emissions from the mainland. (“API” is the Hong Kong government’s official ”Air Pollution Index”.) Tap Mun is a rural area close to the Chinese border,...
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Annelise O’Connell of Mini Spotters recently penned an op-ed piece to the SCMP objecting to my editorial, “Idling while air pollution goes through the roof”. In her SCMP piece, Annelise stated emphatically that, “the Legislative Council needs to pass this bill without...
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There are two main focuses in the meeting and some other minor discussion. The two major points are the new Air Pollution Index (API) and the new arrangement about the replacement of old buses.
The new API
The most important news from the meeting is that...
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On Monday, CAN showed up with fellow environmental groups to give support to Secretary of the Environment, Edward Yau, during his visits to taxi and bus queues throughout Hong Kong. Under pressure from taxi drivers and bus companies, Yau made appearances in Central,...
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Op-ed by CAN CEO, Joanne Ooi: “Idling while air pollution goes through the roof“
In light of the furore triggered by the anti-idling bill, CAN CEO Joanne Ooi points out how the EPD and Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah are depleting valuable political...
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