Updated on Jan 30, 2009 – SCMP I agree with your correspondent P.A. Crush (Talkback, January 24) that diesel buses and trucks are not the only sources of poisonous gases and particulate matter in roadside air pollution in Hong Kong. Just look at the high-sulfur fuel being burned by the ocean-going vessels and other ships [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2009’
Obama Is Welcome In A Warming World
Updated on Jan 28, 2009 – SCMP International efforts to tackle climate change have been greatly boosted with US President Barack Obama’s vow that his nation will take a leadership role on energy and the environment. With the stroke of a pen, he has started turning the rhetoric that was a centrepiece of his election [...]
Building Code To Resolve Green Issues
Architects banking on building code to resolve green issues Building Design and Construction – 25th Jan 2009 Office workers and visitors taking the lifts and escalators to work each day at the ICC are part of a towering commitment to ensure buildings become more environmentally friendly. Buildings account for a massive chunk of heating, cooling [...]
Should The Smoking Ban Be Delayed?
Recent Talkback articles posted in the SCMP related to Air Pollution and Tobacco smoke have strayed off course to also include PM2.5 and PM10 emissions from diesel vehicles in Hong Kong. See these artciles in our Tobacco blog under Smoking Ban.
Kwun Tong Tower Needs 20-Metre Cut
Joyce Ng – Updated on Jan 24, 2009 – SCMP The Town Planning Board decided yesterday that a 68-storey building proposed for a revamped Kwun Tong town centre would have to be lowered by 20 metres to avoid becoming an eyesore. Board members said they were not satisfied with the Urban Renewal Authority’s justifications for [...]
Sore Throats Thanks To Air
Updated on Jan 24, 2009 – SCMP I live in Kowloon East near the sea and on Thursday and Friday the air was filthy. There was an obvious burning smell like a barbecue. My children started coughing at night and we all needed to limit our time outdoors to avoid sore throats and general discomfort. [...]
Follow WHO Guidelines
Updated on Jan 24, 2009 – SCMP Perhaps now is a good time to draw the chief executive’s attention to research recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This suggests that reducing the current level of air pollution to that of the World Health Organisation guidelines would extend his life (and that of [...]
Air Quality Standards Review
The following letter was sent to the Director of Environmental Protection by Clear The Air: Director of Environmental Protection – ENB 24th January 2009 Air Quality Standards Review Dear Sir, We are writing to express our NGO’s concern that Hong Kong’s air pollution is damaging local residents’ and visitors’ health and that the Administration’s belated [...]
Health Fears Mount As Smog Throws Pall Over City
(01-23 14:00) – The Standard Thick smog enveloped Hong Kong again today, as scientists and campaigners said recent pollution reached levels 10 times above World Health Organization guidelines for clean air. The Hedley Environmental Index, a website created by Hong Kong University professors and the Civic Exchange think-tank, said levels of breathable particles in some [...]
Health Concerns As Hong Kong Pollution Levels Rise
23rd Jan 2008 – AFP HONG KONG (AFP) — Thick smog enveloped Hong Kong again on Friday, as scientists and campaigners said recent pollution had reached levels ten times above annual World Health Organisation guidelines for clean air. The heavy haze descended on the city, blocking views across the financial hub’s famous Victoria Harbour and [...]