Cheung Chi-fai SCMP Yesterday, the EPD unveiled the results of the public consultation on the Air Quality Objectives to Legco’s Panel on Environmental Affairs. However, after nearly two years of consultancy study, and four months of public consultation that ended in November, environment officials are still no nearer to hammering out a clear road map on how...
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Arise York Chow, Slumber ye not now! The poison we take with every breath Hastens us towards our death. Has our Secretary of Health no opinion On citizens consigned to oblivion? We see quite much of Edward Yau; The question is: WHERE IS YORK CHOW? HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH: The Department of Health has no formal role in setting air quality...
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New research by HKUST reveals that most of the most polluted roads are not covered by the government’s measuring stations. Eight roads had NO2 levels of up to 300 micrograms per cubic metre, catergorised as “very high” on the government scale. “These findings mean Kwun Tong, Hung Hom, Wan Chai, Kwai Chung and Eastern district...
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Yesterday, Civic Exchange, CAN and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology held a press conference to unveil the results of a year-long roadside pollution monitoring survey conducted through HKUST’s MAP (Mobile Air Pollution) van in all 18 districts of Hong Kong. The research contained damning evidence of...
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“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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Frederik Balfour Bloomberg Donald Tsang will debate with Audrey Eu on changes to HK’s electoral system in 2012 on TV in a bid to salvage his reputation with the central government in Beijing. Pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong say that the proposed 2012 package does not go far enough to deliver power into the hands of the...
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Following is a question by the Hon Lee Wing-tat and a written reply by the Acting Secretary for the Environment, Dr Kitty Poon, at the Legislative Council meeting today (June 9): Question: Regarding emissions from franchised buses, will the Government inform this Council: (a) whether it knows the respective numbers of pre-Euro, Euro I, Euro II, Euro...
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