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Privacy Ordinance

Dear Clear the Air members, Updates on Personal Information Collection We are writing through our site to advise you regarding recent changes to the legal use of personal data  in light of the updated Personal Data Ordinance (Part VI A under the Personal Data (Privacy) (Amendment) Ordinance 2012). Clear the Air collects the personal information [...]

SCMP letters

Clear the Air says: we do not want any form of mass-burn  incinerator – period ! Hong Kong MSW is typically wet and full of waste food It is a known fact that with wet MSW the mass-burn temperature has to increase or dioxins/furans will issue. In addition bag houses etc are poor technology and [...]

Greens burn up over ‘dinosaur technology’

Submitted by admin on Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am Business LAI SEE Howard Winn The environmental group Clear The Air is maintaining the pressure on the government to abandon plans to build an incinerator on Shek Kwu Chau. The group’s chairman, James Middleton, has sent a letter to the Legislative Council’s environmental affairs panel urging it [...]

Confirmation of now TV channel subscription (KMM58869326I23896L0KM)

—–Original Message—– From: now TV Customer Service [mailto:cs@nowtv.now.com] Sent: 13 August, 2012 12:46 To: James Middleton Subject: Re: FW: FW: FW: Confirmation of now TV channel subscription (KMM58869326I23896L0KM) Our Reference:6801129/KMM58869326I23896L0KM Dear Mr Middleton, With regards to previous message, please be confirmed that an appointment has been arranged on 15th August, 2012 within 2pm – 4pm for upgrading [...]

NOW TV Live wish to interview Clear the Air on Air Pollution tomorrow at 10:30am to 11:00am Live

Dear All, Now TV Live wishes to interview Clear the Air on Air Pollution and recent Hot weather, another guest from WWF. Tomorrow Morning Live from 10:30am to 11:00am Any particular issue you want me to bring up during the interview? Regards Edwin Town Vice Chair, Clear the Air 90371186 James Middleton dynamco@netvigator.com 2 Aug (3 [...]

ATTENTION ALL CLEAR THE AIR MEMBERS! SPECIAL AIRFARES

CTA on Backchat

19 Jan 2012 http://programme.rthk.org.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio3/backchat&d=2012-01-19&p=514&e=166215&m=episode click on link for site to listen Backchat Presenters: Hugh Chiverton ·        Listen ·        Window Media ·        Real Media ·        Standalone Player ·        Media Real Air Quality Objectives 2012-01-19 HKT 08:30 Air Quality Objectives The Government has set its Air Quality Objectives (AQOs) which will be implemented in 2014 and subject to review every five years. [...]

Clearing the air

Hong Kong Standard http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=118938&sid=35103473&con_type=3&d_str=20120118&fc=2 Kenneth Foo Wednesday, January 18, 2012 A breath of fresh air is on the way at last – if you can hold out to 2014. That’s the date for tying Hong Kong pollution gauges to air-quality standards of the World Health Organization. And new measures to clear the foul air will [...]

Who’s paying the piper?

South China Morning Post Speaking on RTHK’s Backchat programme yesterday, Jim Middleton, chairman of anti-pollution group Clear The Air, mentioned that it would be interesting to know the funding for the various interests in Legco that succeeded in delaying then watering down the idling engine legislation. He makes a good point. Do the bus companies fund [...]

CTA was onair today

http://programme.rthk.org.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio3/backchat&d=2011-12-12&p=514&e=&m=episode Vehicle engine-idling law / On today’s Backchat, we look at the implementation of vehicle engine-idling laws that come into effect on Thursday