http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/should-hong-kong-build-a-thi rd-airport-runway/1999 By Vanessa Ko | December 31, 2011, 12:03 AM PST HONG KONG – Airport Authority Hong Kong said Hong Kong International Airport will need to add a new runway – it’s third – in order to meet future demands of cargo and passenger traffic. But its proposal will cost taxpayers $17 billion, after [...]
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Rare Chinese white dolphin gets DNA bank
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/69034 A Chinese white dolphin or Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, nicknamed the pink dolphin, swims in waters off the coast of Hong Kong. Photo courtesy: AFP HONG KONG, January 14, 2012 (AFP) – A Hong Kong conservation group said Saturday it has set up a DNA bank for the rare Chinese white dolphin, also known as [...]
Is Hong Kong’s pollution driving expats away?
Saturday 14 January 2012 Telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/9004912/Is-Hong-Kongs-pollution-driving-expats-away.html The news that air pollution levels in Hong Kong were at a record high last year comes as little surprise to the expats who live in its smog A ferry crosses Hong Kong harbour under heavy smog Photo: Paul Brown/Rex Features By Leah Hyslop 9:20AM GMT 11 Jan 2012 [...]
Cut methane and soot to curb warming: scientists
South China Morning Post – 14 Jan 2011 Pollution reduction measures would lead to US$6.5tr in annual gains from fewer deaths, less global warming and increased crop yields An international team of scientists says it has figured out how to slow global warming in the short run and prevent millions of deaths from dirty air: [...]