For immediate release 20 July, 2010 Today, the Hong Kong medical profession (The Hong Kong Paediatric Society, The Hong Kong Geriatric Society, The Hong Kong Asthma Society, The Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Respirology, The Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association and Hong Kong Doctors Union) issued a bold and unprecedented letter to the Government, calling for immediate protection of...
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SCMP Joanne Ooi The timing of the bill to ban idling engines could not be worse. In July last year, the Hong Kong government announced its intention to overhaul the city’s air quality objectives – non-binding caps on the levels of seven air pollutants. To meet the new targets, the government commissioned the engineering firm Arup...
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VIDEO: A must-watch for parents: Hedley talks about the long and short-term impacts of air pollution on child health CAN interviewed Professor Hedley about child health before he departed Hong Kong. The result is a hard-hitting video about how damage to children’s lungs can result in a lifetime of permanently impaired health. Every parent should...
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Anita Lam SCMP A government plan to set up a low-emission zone in busy districts, including Central, Causeway Bay and Mong Kok, is probably not going to be put into action before the current administration ends its term in 2012. Low emission zones are areas where only Euro IV public buses would be allowed to enter. However,...
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Air pollution impacts drivers’ health Long-term health impacts on drivers 1.     Idling trucks versus trucks in transit emit far higher levels of pollutants per mile. The California Air Resources Board found that the per mile emission rate of organic carbon and elemental carbon from a heavy duty diesel truck in congested traffic is...
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CAN attended the most recent Bills Committee meeting for the idling bill this week. Here is a summary of the views expressed by various legislators during the session: Chan Hak Kan/ Tanya Chan Both members proposed to exempt vehicles when interior temperatures reach 27ºC, citing the case of Toronto.  The EPD pointed out that Toronto has...
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LegCo Diary: Anti-idling Bills Committee Session of July 7th   This Wednesday, the Legislative Council continued deliberations on the anti-idling bill. After the recent death of a minibus driver, several LegCo members pushed for further exemptions to grant relief during severe weather conditions. EPD appears ready to concede on this point. Read our account of the...
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