Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP – Updated on Mar 14, 2009 Hong Kong has been advised to adopt the minimum targets of World Health Organisation air quality guidelines, officials said yesterday. They were unveiling the outcome of the air quality objectives review conducted by its consultant since June 2007. The review aimed to update the standards unchanged [...]
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Wong Video Targets Wheezy City
Clara Mak – SCMP | Updated on Nov 08, 2008 Like a lot of people living in Hong Kong, Magic Boy director Adam Wong Sau-ping suffers bouts of hay fever. But instead of just blowing his nose into an endless number of hankies, he chose to address the issue of air pollution, which he believes [...]
Emissions At Least On Par With US: Beijing Admits It May Be World’s Top Polluter
Shi Jiangtao in Beijing – SCMP | Updated on Oct 30, 2008 A top climate official has admitted the mainland’s greenhouse gas emissions are at least on a par with those of the United States, but said the unfolding financial crisis was presenting new economic and technological opportunities to restructure the international campaign against global [...]
Mong Kok Pollution ‘Three Times’ WHO Levels
Peter So – SCMP – Updated on Oct 01, 2008 A green group and legislator warned the worsening air quality at tourist spots would scare off visitors, and are urging government to tighten the air-quality measuring standards. Greenpeace have conducted on-site monitoring of the levels of respiratory suspended particulates (PM-10) and fine suspended particulates (PM-2.5) [...]
Hong Kong Choking On Its Own Pollution
Dirty old town Hong Kong is slowly choking on its own pollution. Technology may be a major cause, but it could also be a cure David Wilson – Updated on Sep 28, 2008 – SCMP Hong Kong survived the bird-flu pandemic and Asian financial crisis in 1997 and the Sars outbreak in 2003. Now many [...]
Greens Urge Pollution Shake-Up
Joyce Ng – Updated on Sep 12, 2008 Greens have urged the government to step up the tightening of air-quality measuring standards – along international guidelines – after records in the past two months show air quality remains unsatisfactory. The administration said it had been carrying out a review and would finalise the new measuring [...]
Tighter Limits On Pollution Sought
Activists, citing ‘real’ air monitor, seek tighter limits on pollution Yau Chui-yan – Updated on Sep 07, 2008 Green groups and medical academics in Hong Kong say it is time for the government to adopt World Health Organisation air-quality guidelines, with Greenpeace releasing a downloadable “Real Air Pollution Index” software “widget” based on the international [...]
Support For Tree Preservation
Eva Wu – SCMP – Updated on Aug 30, 2008 Almost all would-be lawmakers say they support legislation aimed at preserving trees in the city. Five green groups – the Conservancy Association, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Green Power and Greeners Action – initiated a “green charter” this month and sought the support of all [...]
Emissions Legislation Does Not Go Far Enough
Air pollution bill passes, but lawmakers are still unhappy Emissions legislation does not go far enough, say critics Cheung Chi-fai – Updated on Jul 11, 2008 – SCMP Lawmakers yesterday endorsed cross-border emissions trading and gave legal backing to caps on power firms’ emissions of pollutants. They demanded unanimously that officials set out a framework [...]