http://www.bowring.net/scmpmiserly.html Sunday January 30 2011 The government has spent most of the HK$29 billion estimated to have been used on combating air pollution since 1999. Given the gravity of the problem and the damage to the health of the people, that is far from being a huge figure, representing at most 1.2 per cent of [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2011’
Still up in the air
South China Morning Post Jan 17, 2011 Go back and read what former chief executive Tung Chee-hwa said in October 1999. I did. It’s easily available. Just search on the internet for his 1999 policy speech to the Legislative Council. It’ll either astonish or infuriate you. It did both to me. Tung wasn’t a particularly [...]
HK again suffers very high air pollution
RTHK 15 Jan. 2011 Hong Kong is again experiencing very high air pollution, with the roadside station in Causeway Bay recording a level of 179 this morning. Readings taken at Central and Mongkok have reached 155 and 156 respectively. General stations have also recorded high levels, with the readings taken at Kwai Chung going as [...]