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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We deserve a deadline for truly green buses
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Editorial
The deadline to remove the 440 pre-Euro I buses run by Citybus and First bus from Hong Kong roads should be brought foward.
The air quality in Hong Kong continues to deteriorate and the worst roadside polluters are buses.
“Because of inefficient planning and preferential franchise policies, many routes have more buses than needed. Operators and...
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288 of city’s most polluting buses to be scrapped
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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...
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