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1. Complaints over lights double

   Posted Jan 08th 2009, 12:00am by Martin Wong

   ... Martin Wong Complaints over lights have doubled, the environmental secretary revealed yesterday. Edward Yau Tang-wah said the number of light-pollution complaints was 82 last year, compared with 40 in 2007 and 35 in 2006. In view of energy wastage, the government would launch a consultancy study, exchange views with environmental protection groups, and assess the feasibility ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/666184/complaints-over-lights-double
2. Diesel replacement grants approved

   Posted Jun 12th 2008, 12:00am by Martin Wong

   ... Martin Wong The government had approved grant applications for just 7 per cent of the 74,000 older commercial diesel vehicles eligible to be replaced under a scheme aimed at improving roadside air quality, environment chief Edward Yau Tang-wah told the Legislative Council. He said the government had approved 5,355 applications for grants to replace pre-Euro- and Euro I-standard ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/641182/diesel-replacement-grants-approved
3. Woman killed in Mong Kok road accident

   Posted Aug 12th 2010, 12:00am by Martin Wong

   ... Police are investigating the cause of a traffic accident in Mong Kok early yesterday which left a 67-year-old woman dead. The woman was crossing a road at the junction of Prince Edward Road West and Yuen Ngai Street at about 5.15am when she was struck by a car. She was taken to Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei and declared dead shortly after arrival. The driver, 27, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/721969/woman-killed-mong-kok-road-accident
4. Flooding, road chaos as 100mm dumped on city

   Posted Jul 23rd 2010, 12:00am by Clifford Lo, Martin Wong

   ... 6.30pm, a section of Choi Hung Road near the junction of Prince Edward Road East outside Choi Hung Estate was flooded and police had to cordon off the area and divert traffic. Flooding ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/720404/flooding-road-chaos-100mm-dumped-city
5. Typhoon rains trigger killer floods

   Posted Jul 23rd 2010, 12:00am by Clifford Lo, Martin Wong, Simpson Cheung

   ... Edward Road East outside the Choi Hung Estate, at 6.30pm. Police cordoned off the area and diverted traffic. Flooding was reported in a total of 32 locations - including Pat Heung and Kam Tin ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/720383/typhoon-rains-trigger-killer-floods
6. Tree inspection records to be made public

   Posted Jul 01st 2010, 12:00am by Martin Wong

   ... already infected half the tree. In the absence of the secretary for development, Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah said the government would release in two weeks information ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/718635/tree-inspection-records-be-made-public
7. Ripple effect from minimum wage limited, UK expert says

   Posted Apr 23rd 2010, 12:00am by Martin Wong

   ... volcanic ash cloud. In a keynote speech read out by Professor Edward Snape, head of the management department at Baptist University, White noted there was a sceptical predication that a minimum ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/712272/ripple-effect-minimum-wage-limited-uk-expert-says
8. Special RTHK tribute to King of Broadcasting

   Posted Dec 04th 2009, 12:00am by Martin Wong

   ... Chung, 78, collapsed in Prince Edward MTR station while on his way to work last Friday. He was declared dead at Kwong Wah Hospital. His son, Danny Chung Yan-kit, said yesterday private funeral ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/700228/special-rthk-tribute-king-broadcasting
9. Tsang will walk to work on city's first Carfree Day

   Posted Sep 22nd 2009, 12:00am by Dan Kadison, Martin Wong

   ... a number of functions and will use the MTR as far as possible,' a bureau spokesman said. Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah will also take the MTR. The Transport Department, KMB, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/693211/tsang-will-walk-work-citys-first-carfree-day
10. Residents urge Red Cross to rethink plan

    Posted Jun 30th 2009, 12:00am by Martin Wong

    ... for seven years and it is expected to seek HK$350 million in funding from the Legislative Council by the end of this year. Edward Leung Wai-kuen, vice-chairman of Yau Tsim Mong District Council, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/685371/residents-urge-red-cross-rethink-plan

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