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Dennis Chong
News that fumes raise cancer risk means officials should clean up and reduce diesel fleet, groups say
Lobby groups say that the government should reduce the number of diesel-powered vehicles on Hong Kong roads, as well as tighten emission standards for remaining vehicles, in order to protect pedestrians, now that the WHO has classified diesel exhaust as a car …
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Howard Winn
A recent report by Civic Exchange brings up questions as to why Hong Kong’s roadside air pollution has seen no improvements since “series of stringent measures” were implemented in 1990, especially when government figures paint a picture of dramatically declining pollutant levels.
The report points out that an official figure, which claims that pollutant levels (of SO2, CO, Nit …
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Howard Winn
Pressure is increasing on the government to do something meaningful about roadside pollution. The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport wrote to the chairman of the Legislative Council panel on environmental affairs last month with a plan for replacing most of the pre-Euro V franchised buses in the city. The letter says the 5,637 pre-Euro V buses could be replaced for HK …