288 of city’s most polluting buses to be scrapped
SCMP
Cheung Chi-fai
KMB to retire 288 old buses AS PLANNED, hardly “breaking” news. More like, a spin job.
The buses being retired were fitted to meet the lowest Euro I standards for suspended particles, but KMB has not said whether these buses met the same standards for other pollutants. Such selective information about emissions is misleading and makes it unclear whether the buses have fully met the European emission standards.
KMB is also in talks with the government with regards to a pilot trial to test selective catalytic reduction equipment that helps reduce nitrogen oxide emissions.
However, KMB has stated that the lack of space in older buses makes it difficult to safely accomodate SCR equipment and that the reliability and efficiency of the bus fleet should be the priority.
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