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1. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Hotel plan for home on Peak approved

   Posted Sep 07th 2013, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... Group. The group is controlled by director Yau Tang-tit, brother of Chief Executive Office director Edward Yau Tang-wah. Under the proposal, the house will be converted into a maximum 17 guest ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1305117/hotel-plan-home-peak-approved
2. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   Waste disposal plans back on government's agenda

   Posted Oct 27th 2012, 12:00am by JOLIE HO, Olga Wong

   ... Committee withheld their support. Then-environment minister Edward Yau Tang-wah said new plans were needed before landfills became full in 2018. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1070786/waste-disposal-plans-back-governments-agenda
3. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Calls for more flats at Kai Tak spark ventilation fears

   Posted Oct 26th 2012, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... Olga Wong olga.wong@scmp.com Former government adviser says lack of air in Kowloon City could be as bad as Mong Kok Ventilation fears over call for more flats at Kai Tak Air ventilation in Kowloon City and its neighbouring districts will become as bad as Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei if the government adds more flats at Kai Tak, a former government adviser fears. Edward Ng Yan-yung, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1069780/calls-more-flats-kai-tak-spark-ventilation-fears
4. News - Hong Kong - DEVELOPMENT

   Development Bureau criticised for not knowing land availability

   Posted Sep 25th 2012, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... giving flats to villagers instead of land for building houses. Veteran property researcher Professor Edward Yiu Chung-yim of the University of Hong Kong said the land reserved for village houses ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1046434/development-bureau-criticised-not-knowing-land-availability
5. News - Hong Kong

   Seven young children, newlyweds among ferry victims

   Posted Oct 05th 2012, 08:55am by Simpson Cheung, Olga Wong, Phila Siu, Stuart Lau

   ... engineering associate professor Edward Lo Wai-chau said Hui was an outstanding student who had one term to go. "He was very hard-working and always paid attention in class. The teachers were sad ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1054117/seven-young-children-and-newlyweds-named-among-lamma-ferry-victims
6. Drivers urged to join low-carbon campaign

   Posted Sep 13th 2010, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... Carfree Day on September 22 and encourage the use of public transport by its staff when possible. Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah accompanied lawmakers on a second visit to transport ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/724629/drivers-urged-join-low-carbon-campaign
7. Drivers urged to leave cars at home once a month

   Posted Sep 07th 2010, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... and encourage the use of public transport by its staff when possible. Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah said he would accompany lawmakers on a second visit to transport interchanges and taxi ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/724088/drivers-urged-leave-cars-home-once-month
8. Energy-saving scheme fails to see light of day

   Posted Sep 22nd 2010, 12:00am by Gary Cheung, Olga Wong

   ... It was supposed to be a glowing moment for the environment chief. What if every family had a voucher to buy energy-saving light bulbs, Edward Yau Tang-wah wondered. But the idea lit a fuse. Critics said the government intended the scheme to benefit one of Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's in-laws, who is the biggest importer of a top brand of energy-saving bulbs. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/725421/energy-saving-scheme-fails-see-light-day
9. HK scrambles to avert looming crisis on waste

   Posted Jan 05th 2011, 12:00am by Olga Wong

   ... against a legal challenge in the interest of maintaining good relationships with lawmakers. Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah said it was necessary to press ahead urgently ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/734790/hk-scrambles-avert-looming-crisis-waste
10. Nod for redevelopment of two iconic buildings

    Posted Mar 20th 2010, 12:00am by Olga Wong

    ... Two iconic buildings in Mong Kok and Stanley will be turned into hotels after owners secured approval from the Town Planning Board yesterday. The board gave a green light to the projects as they will address increasing demand from tourists and will not significantly add to traffic flow to the areas. One of the premises, No 179 Prince Edward Road, is a newly graded historic tenement building. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/709083/nod-redevelopment-two-iconic-buildings

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