SCMP
Joanne Ooi
Officials must begin to take seriously concerns about our deteriorating environment, and how it affects our health and livelihood.
The crescendo of negative public opinion focused on Hong Kong’s most recent large infrastructure projects – the court case over the bridge to Macau and Zhuhai, and the ongoing public consultation on the proposed development of a third runway at the …
SCMP
Joanne Ooi
Public consultation on new air quality objectives for Hong Kong ended almost a year ago, and yet there’s been no word on the outcome. Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen made no mention of them in his policy address last month.
Without more stringent standards, the Environmental Protection Department will continue to try to clean up emissions with one hand tied behind its back, …
Mary Melville
SCMP
Editorial
Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, talking during a phone-in programme, suggested some listeners had not read his policy address when they complained he had not resolved Hong Kong’s pollution issues. Well, it is obvious some of his civil servants have not heeded his pledges to reduce levels of roadside pollution.
Otherwise, what explanation can there be for the …