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1. Waste needs attention

   Posted Mar 07th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Wong Yat-hei Hong Kong will continue to make use of recycling, incinerators and landfills to handle its waste. Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah said that all three methods are needed for handling the amount of waste. The city will continue to recycle more than half of its waste, he said. Green Sense project manager Gribelle Ho Ka-po criticised the government's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/994720/waste-needs-attention
2. Supermarkets snub food plea

   Posted Jun 28th 2012, 12:00am

   ... to lawmakers' questions, environment minister Edward Yau Tang-wah said at a Legislative Council meeting yesterday that the bureau met bosses at the four chains, suggesting that they consider donating ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/1005236/supermarkets-snub-food-plea
3. 'Science fiction' waste solution a real option

   Posted Jun 17th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Tsang Yam-kuen and his environment chief, Edward Yau Tang-wah, Hong Kong has been fixated on a return to incineration. With the Legislative Council giving the thumbs-down to the Shek Kwu Chau ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/1004215/science-fiction-waste-solution-real-option
4. Bureau ditches HK$15b incinerator funding bid

   Posted Apr 21st 2012, 12:00am

   ... billion for expanding landfills in Tseung Kwan O, North District and Tuen Mun, had not been backed by the panel despite intensive discussions. Environment minister Edward Yau Tang-wah failed ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/998778/bureau-ditches-hk15b-incinerator-funding-bid
5. Incineration row smoulders on

   Posted Mar 27th 2012, 12:00am

   ... dump close to their homes raised opposition from dozens of Tseung Kwan O residents. Environment Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah defended incineration, calling it indispensable to the city's ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/996671/incineration-row-smoulders
6. Right choice

   Posted Jan 20th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Edwin Lau Why is Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah taking so long to roll out a legislative proposal on waste charging? After all, he's been the secretary for five years, charged with the priority task of tackling Hong Kong's mounting waste problems. Some are sceptical about Yau's timing for the recently announced public consultation that will end ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/990620/right-choice
7. Same bag levy for all, says government

   Posted Nov 29th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Secretary Edward Yau Tang-wah said treating retailers differently would be controversial and unfair. Samson Lai Yiu-kei, an assistant director of the Environmental Protection Department, said ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/986284/same-bag-levy-all-says-government
8. Would you pay to have your rubbish dumped?

   Posted Jan 11th 2012, 12:00am

   ... of the Earth. But Secretary for Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah said: 'We should reach a consensus on whether to impose a levy on waste disposal before discussing [what the levy would be]' He ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/989817/would-you-pay-have-your-rubbish-dumped
9. Edward Burtynsky

   Posted Oct 17th 2010, 12:00am by Yvonne Lai

   ... for people with fallow land to get them to let us plant trees there. I enjoy finding models in my own backyard that work and then expanding them. Edward Burtynsky's first solo exhibition in Hong ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/727774/edward-burtynsky
10. Stop dithering and extend bag levy

    Posted Aug 20th 2011, 12:00am

    ... minister Edward Yau Tang-wah still does not want to lay out a timetable for an extension, instead contending that more time is needed to work out the details. The lack of urgency about so basic yet ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/976646/stop-dithering-and-extend-bag-levy

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