Debra Mao HK air pollution worst on record for past 2 quarters. Growing dissatisfaction at government inaction could result in people leaving. May 3 (Bloomberg) – ”Roadside pollution was either “very high” or “severe” 13.6 percent of the time from January to March and 23.8 percent of the time in the October-December period last year, compared with...
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SCMP Editorial May 03, 2010 The good news about air pollution should not lead us to ignore the significance of the bad news. The good news is that official action to reduce sources of air pollution produced improvements, as results from the recent regional air quality report showed. This is a sign that the government is taking...
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Clean Air Network reacts to the Government’s announcement of Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network results for 2009, “There is absolutely NO reason to rejoice over improvements in PRD ambient air quality since Hong Kong’s roadside pollution continues to worsen” Hong Kong, 1 May 2010 Although this new report about PRD pollutant concentrations shows drops for 3...
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SCMP Cheung Chi-fai HK and Guangdong released monitoring results for the region that showed that sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide levels fell 26% and 7% respectively last year, the biggest reductions recorded in 4 years. However, within Hong Kong, roadside monitoring figures show a 13% rise in annual average concentrations of nitrogen dioxide. These figures are...
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Professor Tony Hedley says farewell to Hong Kong Last night, at the InterContinental Hong Kong, Tony said good-bye to a capacity audience with a brilliant and thought-provoking speech about the state of public health in Hong Kong and the future of the profession. As public health professionals on the front line...
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RTHK City Forum held at Victoria Park last Sunday, April 25th 2010 RTHK City Forum aims to encourage dicussion of popular topics of concern to the community and tries to provide a space for public comment. On Sunday, April 25th 2010, the topic was the proposed ban on idling engines. CAN team’s Kwong Sum-Yin (left) attended and...
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SCMP Christine Loh Under a new framework agreement, Hong Kong and Guangdong hope to become a “world-class economic zone” and develop a system to protect the environment. There are two sides to the equation – develop, while at the same time improve environmental conditions. This new mission requires our political, business and civic leaders to use...
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