SCMP Laisee We were unfortunately unable to make the press conference yesterday called by Sai Kung district councillor Raymond Ho Man-kit to whip up support for his campaign for the ousting of Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah. He sent out an e-mail to various groups concerned with environmental protection urging them to join [...]
Posts on ‘May 9th, 2012’
Hong Kong turns factories into datacentres to fuel cloud growth
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/08/hong_kong_datacentre_factories/print.html Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/08/hong_kong_datacentre_factories/ Hong Kong turns factories into datacentres to fuel cloud growth SAR aims to beat Singapore as leading Asian digital hub By Phil Muncaster Posted in Business, 8th May 2012 05:44 GMT An innovative approach to datacentre development is helping to see off Hong Kong’s competitors and establish it as the number one [...]
Businesses’ Biggest Hong Kong Complaints: Pollution, Schools
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/05/08/businesses-biggest-hong-kong-complaints-pollution-schools/tab/print/ The Wall Street Journal Bloomberg International Commerce Centre, center, stands surrounded by residential and commercial buildings on the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong, China, on April 2, 2012. Hong Kong’s government likes to boast of its “stable, business-friendly” environment. But a rising number of companies say there’s plenty of room for improvement. A new survey [...]
Airport aims to be greenest in world
Hk Standard Chek Lap Kok will become the greenest airport in the world. Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Chek Lap Kok will become the greenest airport in the world. That was the bold pledge of the Airport Authority and its 40 business partners yesterday. It came as the authority said it has achieved a 10percent reduction [...]
Airport board thumbs nose at international best practice
SCMP Howard Winn May 09, 2012 We wrote yesterday about the motion that was passed by Legco’s environmental affairs panel recently asking the Hong Kong Airport Authority to undertake a Social Return on Investment (SROI) study, a carbon audit and a strategic impact assessment on the proposed third runway. Legco motions of this kind are [...]
Hong Kong government must reduce air pollution levels
SCMP May 09, 2012 Air quality is still at dangerous levels most of the time in Hong Kong and may only improve during summer. Most pollution is locally generated. I am worried about the PM2.5 level (fine particle concentrations) in Hong Kong. These particles can reach the deepest part of our respiratory system and part [...]