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1. Waste incinerator is inevitable, says Edward Yau

   Posted Apr 14th 2012, 12:00am

   ... A plan to build a HK$15 billion waste incinerator may be unpopular, but the next chief executive will see it is necessary, the environment chief said yesterday. Speaking on a Commercial Radio show, Edward Yau Tang-wah said that while the incinerator was not the option preferred by Leung Chun-ying, the alternatives - reducing waste at the source and landfill dumps - were ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/998214/waste-incinerator-inevitable-says-edward-yau
2. 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
3. EPD's failures are a reflection of government inertia on a wider scale

   Posted May 04th 2012, 12:00am

   ... not happened. Coming back to the present, I believe Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah should have resigned once he realised that his department had failed to make the environmental ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/1000050/epds-failures-are-reflection-government-inertia-wider-scale
4. '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
5. Minister throws down incineration challenge

   Posted Apr 20th 2012, 12:00am

   ... in doing so. $15b The amount, in Hong Kong dollars, Edward Yau's bureau is seeking to build the waste incinerator at Shek Kwu Chau ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/998688/minister-throws-down-incineration-challenge
6. Costly incinerator will be a waste of money

   Posted Apr 02nd 2012, 12:00am

   ... of 1per cent per year. Her successor, Edward Yau Tang-wah, has never taken it seriously. The incinerator will also cost HK$353million a year to run. If this money were to be used to enhance our ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/997235/costly-incinerator-will-be-waste-money
7. 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
8. Funding call for waste burner

   Posted Apr 19th 2012, 12:00am

   ... The environment minister is in last-ditch lobbying to reverse opposition to his bureau's request for HK$15 billion to build a waste incinerator - a plan about which even pro-government lawmakers have reservations. Edward Yau Tang-wah (pictured) has been working hard over the past two days - ahead of a meeting of the Legislative Council's environment panel tomorrow ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/998619/funding-call-waste-burner
9. Public support waste disposal charges

   Posted Mar 22nd 2012, 12:00am

   ... the charges to HK$10 a month. Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau Tang-wah admitted yesterday that Hong Kong was facing an imminent waste problem, for which charges could be one solution. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/996222/public-support-waste-disposal-charges
10. Letters

    Posted Apr 18th 2012, 12:00am

    ... years Environment chief Edward Yau Tang-wah has argued there is an urgent need for an incinerator, and that reducing waste at source and relying on landfills are not viable options ('Waste incinerator is inevitable, says Edward Yau', April 14). This sort of urgent need was stated at least 26 years ago. I looked up a number of important documents from the Environmental Protection ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/998515/letters

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