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1. Sweet taste of success

   Posted Feb 18th 2011, 12:00am by Edward Peters

   ... Koreans - dynamos when it comes to work or play - are fond of socialising. In former times, it was the bathhouse or the barber's shop where - especially in the depths of winter - friends and neighbours could warm up and chill out at the same time, sp ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/738477/sweet-taste-success
2. Diners support plan to cut food waste by 15pc

   Posted Jan 28th 2011, 12:00am by Ada Lee

   ... desertification when it is harvested. Secretary for Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah said it was important corporations and departments planned their banquets well. 'Most people go to these occasions ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/736976/diners-support-plan-cut-food-waste-15pc
3. Onslaught on smokers fails to tackle air pollution problems

   Posted Dec 16th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... No doubt our environment minister, Edward Yau Tang-wah, will approve of these new restrictions. It was he, after all, who advised us all to stop smoking when our internationally discredited air ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/733520/onslaught-smokers-fails-tackle-air-pollution-problems
4. Legco finally passes ban on idling engines

   Posted Mar 06th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Environment chief Edward Yau Tang-wah achieved a symbolic victory yesterday with the passage of a much-watered-down law banning idling engines, but lawmakers urged him to set tougher targets for curbing air pollution. Some questioned whether Yau had used up too much political capital in overcoming huge resistance to the measure - and in such a way that its impact on roadside ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/740046/legco-finally-passes-ban-idling-engines
5. Public should prepare for waste disposal charge, minister warns

   Posted Jan 06th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Hongkongers should expect to be charged for waste disposal as a way of encouraging recycling, the environment minister warned yesterday. Edward Yau Tang-wah said the 49 per cent recycling rate needed to be significantly lifted because landfill sites were filling up quickly. His comments came a day after the government said it would scrap a highly unpopular plan to expand ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/734891/public-should-prepare-waste-disposal-charge-minister-warns
6. 50,000 households warm to idea of no air cons for a night

   Posted Sep 30th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Edward Yau Tang-wah, Observatory director Dr Lee Boon-ying and heads of departments such as Planning, Census and Statistics and the Companies Registry. Eight political parties, eight ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/726203/50000-households-warm-idea-no-air-cons-night
7. Minister backs air-con switch-off

   Posted Sep 24th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... He has sweated in a taxi with its engine switched off and commuted on the MTR on Car-Free Day. Now the environment minister is throwing his weight behind No Air Con Day. Edward Yau Tang-wah, the subject of controversy over the idling-engine ban and light-bulb vouchers, has not just agreed to support the air-con campaign led by NGOs - the Environment Bureau has urged other ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/725640/minister-backs-air-con-switch
8. Watchdog wants answers on lack of action to improve air

   Posted Jan 04th 2011, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... of duties that the Ombudsman has a duty to study closely and find out what is really going on,' Choi said. 'We are not asking for heads to roll. Having Edward Yau stepping down ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/734717/watchdog-wants-answers-lack-action-improve-air
9. Still up in the air

   Posted Jan 17th 2011, 12:00am by Michael Chugani

   ... - it is seriously affecting the public's health. Neither Tung's successor, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, nor the environment secretary, Edward Yau Tang-wah, has linked air pollution with public health. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/735930/still-air
10. Electric vehicle dream still stuck in first gear

    Posted Nov 20th 2010, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

    ... Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah launched a government initiative 19 months ago, pledging to make Hong Kong a leader in their use. A number of models are being trialled by departments ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/731026/electric-vehicle-dream-still-stuck-first-gear

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