http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/36605-cuhk-to-start-10-year-plan-on-ka-ho-residents%E2%80%99-health.html Home | Macau | CUHK to start 10-year plan on Ka Ho residents’ health CUHK to start 10-year plan on Ka Ho residents’ health 18/06/2012 10:05:00 The government has commissioned the Chinese University of Hong Kong for a 10-year study of health conditions of the residents in Ka Ho, where local people complained of illness due to [...]
Posts on ‘June 19th, 2012’
E(12/1466) Euro 6 subsidy by Dutch Govt (HKG still has Euro II and III polluting bus trash on its roads)
From: paulwong@epd.gov.hk [mailto:paulwong@epd.gov.hk] Sent: 19 June, 2012 17:07 To: dynamco@netvigator.com Cc: “E[KM]1″@epd.gov.hk; “SI[KM]1″@epd.gov.hk; enquiry@epd.gov.hk; vanessaau@epd.gov.hk Subject: Fw: E(12/1466) Euro 6 subsidy by Dutch Govt (HKG still has Euro II and III polluting bus trash on its roads) Dear Mr. Middleton Thank you for your email. When we tighten the vehicle emission standards in Hong Kong, we will [...]
Hong Kong Islands District Association Study Trip to Singapore
Introduction Notification for this trip stated: “Due to the current issue of Integrated Waste Management Facilities and its public consultation which introduced by HKSAR government, that is also a key consideration by residents from islands district of HK. The Hong Kong Islands District Association (HKIDA) is now taking the lead to organize a mission study [...]
Poor track record on air pollution
SCMP – 19 June 2012 Hong Kong’s leaders have promised cleaner air to little or no effect. Promises are made and routinely broken, and the people of this city suffer in consequence. A government exists for the benefit of the people, not itself; it is supposed to protect its citizens. How is it that London, [...]
Idling engine law has all but stalled
SCMP – 19 June 2012 Legislation that is enacted but not enforced is nothing more than meaningless text on the statute books. It is even more absurd when weak legislation continues to be watered down unnoticed after its passage into law. A case in point is the much-criticised law against idling engines, which seeks to [...]
Report condemns EU push for biomass-fuelled ‘green economy’ at Rio+20
http://www.wdm.org.uk/climate-change/report-condemns-eu-push-biomass-fuelled-%E2%80%98green-economy%E2%80%99-rio20 19 June 2012 EU plans to promote the replacement of fossil fuels with biomass at the Rio+20 Earth Summit could lead to hunger and environmental devastation, according to a report released today by the World Development Movement and the Transnational Institute. The report, ‘Bio-economies: the EU’s real ‘Green Economy’ agenda’, condemns the EU’s bio-economy vision [...]