Government officially unveiled its proposal to revise the long outdated Air Quality Objectives, kicking off a 4-month long public consultation period today. The consultation document from the EPD website can be downloaded by clicking here.
CAN will post the Government’s proposal document on its website asap. Then, in coming weeks, CAN will analyze and respond to the Government’s proposed new AQOs. Watch this space!
The kick-off of the public consultation period is critical because it affords the public a window of time, during which to voice its views about Hong Kong’s air quality and urge the government to take bold steps to clean up HK’s air.
We urge you, who care about “our air, our health” to speak out during this critical period, in the run-up to the finalization of the new AQOs. Sign CAN’s petition NOW if you’d like to see cleaner air (and stricter AQOs) in HK.
If there was ever a time to get educated about and involved in air pollution, it is NOW. Let’s not forget: Air pollution is HK’s single greatest public health problem.
One of the most direct method of reducing ground pollution from fossil vehicles is to convert them into electric vehicles. I am in the business of electric vehicle and know that it can be done effectively at low costs.
Imagine converting all the 5,000 mini buses to electric vehicles. That is like taking away 50,000 polluting cars from the streets (assuming that they emit 10 times as much as ordinary private cars).
The costs of running electric mini buses are cheaper, maybe at about 1/3 of the LPG costs. So this is a win-win proposal for all concerned.
We can do the private car conversion too. The double decker buses are much harder. Not to say it cannot be done.
When it is all done, Hong Kong will have the best ground level air quality in the world.
Totally agree that we need to clean up the bus fleet, but I’d focus on solutions for the worst polluters.
The minibuses ave already moved to a cleaner fuel, and heavy buses account for 40% of roadside pollution – from some of the oldest and dirtiest engines off the road as soon as possible.
What are the best solutions for our double-decker bus fleet?
LNG, electric, hybrids and even hydrogen have all been used overseas, so why not in HK?
Cheers
Mike
The most effective way is to cut off all the “Big White Elephant “constructions in H.K.since they produce nothing but air,noise ,waste,pollution in a high degree that All people in H.k. produce;moreover the distruction of trees and forest by these constructions are uncountable and trees help to filter and clean the air.Ex. the HKZM bridge and etc.,