For Immediate Release (1st February 2012, Hong Kong) Today, the Financial Secretary John Tsang announced the last budget for the current administration. In the face of billions of surplus in the reserve, the government is still passive and shortsighted in allocating resources to deal with Hong Kong’s growing air pollution problem. The amount earmarked for...
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Newly released budget shows Government’s lack of foresight in combating air pollution
Clean Air Network’s comment on Hong Kong University’s analysis of the Government’s proposed new Air Quality Objectives
For Immediate Release Today, Hong Kong University held a press conference to deliver a damning indictment of the government’s proposed new air quality objective. (The original press release is attached.) Far from protecting our health, these new “protective” guidelines, if fully exploited, would permit even higher levels of sulphur dioxide (SO2) than present and...
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A survey shows that 73% of residents in Sham Shui Po believe the district’s air pollution adversely affects their health
For Immediate Release (12 Feb 2011, Hong Kong) As part of a five-month district-based educational project undertaken in Sham Shui Po (SSP), a public opinion poll was conducted within the district between 13 Oct 2010 and 7 Jan 2011. 793 local residents, above the age of 15, either working or residing in SSP, were...
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Clean Air Network unites with transport sector to jointly urge the Hong Kong Government to increase subsidies to retire old diesel vehicles
Clean Air Network (CAN), Miriam Lau and several associations from the transport sector (Hong Kong Guangdong Transportation Association Ltd., Hong Kong Container Tractor Owner Association Ltd., Hong Kong Association of Aircargo Truckers Ltd., Lok Ma Chau China-Hong Kong Freight Association, The Goods Vehicle Fleet Owners Association Ltd., Hong Kong Waste Disposal Industry Association, Public...
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Doctors Make Unified Call For More Decisive Action on Hong Kong Air Pollution
For immediate release 20 July, 2010 Today, the Hong Kong medical profession (The Hong Kong Paediatric Society, The Hong Kong Geriatric Society, The Hong Kong Asthma Society, The Hong Kong Society of Paediatric Respirology, The Hong Kong Paediatric Nurses Association and Hong Kong Doctors Union) issued a bold and unprecedented letter to the Government,...
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