Posts Tagged ‘ Clean Air Network ’

SCMP K.Y. Cheng A truck covered in black balloons was driven through Hong Kong Island and Kowloon yesterday to highlight lung damage caused by air pollution. It is part of a campaign by Clean Air Network, which claims more than 5,500 people have died as a result of air pollution in the past five...
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Hong Kong parents extremely dissatisfied and concerned about Hong Kong air pollution CAN released the results of its parent survey last week at a press conference led by Dr. Alfred Tam, Chairman of the Hong Kong Asthma Society. For the first time, Chinese media wrote about air pollution as a health problem – a...
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The Standard Mary Ann Benitez One of Hong Kong’s leading authorities on air quality and public health is leaving the SAR to avoid its polluted air and help his respiratory problems. Anthony Hedley, the chair professor of community medicine at the University of Hong Kong since 1988, has lived in the territory for more...
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SCMP Peter Kammerer Life has not been the same since my meeting on Friday with indoor air consultant George Woo. I had always thought of air pollution in terms of grey skies, cross-harbour visibility and diesel fumes. The roadside readings are bad today, so I must stay off the streets as much as possible,...
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BBC Annemarie Evans More than 200 companies in Hong Kong have launched the first business-led petition to urge the government to combat worsening air pollution.
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Classified Post Singapore-born Joanne Ooi took a degree at the University of Pennsylvania’s law school before learning the garment business in China and becoming sales and marketing director for a French shoe designer. She later launched her own upmarket fashion boutiques in Hong Kong. She now runs a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to improving...
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SCMP Christine Loh If  Hong Kong doesn’t get the “carrots and sticks” formula right, it will continue to be hard to replace the old and highly polluting commercial diesel bus and truck fleet. There is no doubt about the harm these vehicles cause. Government data shows they are the principal emitters of roadside pollution,...
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SCMP Editorial Few things are more important than the community’s health. Yet the government seems to be more concerned with business reaction than with our well-being when it comes to roadside air pollution. It’s a problem that should be easy to tackle: it simply has to get off the streets the old commercial diesel...
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Use your mobile to sign The Petition for Clean Air during March If you are a CSL subscriber, you can sign The Petition for Clean Air via SMS for free this month. Just reply “YES” to the CAN SMS or SMS “YES” to 5036901. Yes, that number only has 7 digits. CAN delivered an...
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On Wednesday, 10 March, CAN made a deputation stating its position on the Government’s proposed $540 million subsidy to encourage replacement of Euro II vehicles. Note that this scheme will follow on the heels of a subsidy for Euro I and pre-Euro vehicle owners, still in effect, which will expire on 31 March. The...
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