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1. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   Shipping lines cut clean fuel deal with government

   Posted Jan 01st 2013, 12:00am by Keith Wallis

   ... News Hong Kong Shipping Low Sulphur Diesel Fuel Keith Wallis keith.wallis@scmp.com Ships calling at the city's port will go on using low sulphur diesel in exchange for government ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1116857/shipping-lines-cut-clean-fuel-deal-government
2. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   Ships emit more sulphur than power plants: Wong Kam-sing

   Posted Jan 12th 2013, 12:00am by CHEUNG CHI-FAI

   ... News Hong Kong Leung Chun-ying Wong Kam-sing sulphur pollution Cheung Chi-fai chifai.cheung@scmp.com Emissions from ships have overtaken power plants as the biggest source of sulphur pollution. Ships are already the main emitter of nitrogen oxides and suspended particles. Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing said new emission data, to be released shortly, showed vessels ... new --> TheFundamentals Jan 12th 2013 12:12pm OK, now Wong has told us ships are big air polluters. What are you going to do ? Hope it is not just talk again. Let's see some tangible actions to stop ships doing that, as soon as possible. Wong should publish a timeline for positive results. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1125814/ships-emit-more-sulphur-power-plants-wong-kam-sing
3. Out and about

   Posted Sep 05th 2010, 12:00am by Jason Wordie

   ... Geography Victoria Harbour Sulphur Channel Jason Wordie Sulphur Channel, the narrow passage that lies between Hong Kong Island and Green Island, offers one of the last remaining natural rocky foreshores in Victoria Harbour. Only a few hundred metres from Kennedy Town's densely packed main streets, Sulphur Channel was named after a 19th-century ship. HMS Sulphur formed part ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/723895/out-and-about
4. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   Shippers renew low-sulphur fuel pact

   Posted Jan 26th 2013, 12:00am by Keith Wallis

   ... News Hong Kong Environment low-sulphur fuel pact ship emissions Keith Wallis keith.wallis@scmp.com Firms agree to continue using greener diesel while berthed here to ease air pollution but say it could all end if there is no mandatory regulation A raft of shipping companies have extended, for another year, their voluntary scheme to use low-sulphur fuel to reduce air pollution ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1136212/shippers-renew-low-sulphur-fuel-pact
5. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   13pc of ocean-going ships registered with low-sulphur scheme

   Posted Dec 29th 2012, 12:00am by Keith Wallis

   ... News Hong Kong Environment Low-sulphur fuel incentive scheme Container Ships Keith Wallis keith.wallis@scmp.com Proportion of container vessels signing up to cleaner fuel programme higher, at almost 1 in 4 An average of 13 per cent of ocean-going ships calling at Hong Kong each day have registered with the government's low-sulphur fuel incentive scheme, which aims to cut ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1114738/13pc-ocean-going-ships-registered-low-sulphur-scheme
6. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Regulations needed to curb ship emissions

   Posted Oct 05th 2012, 12:00am by SIMON NG

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Air Pollution in Hong Kong Shipping Industry Low-sulphur fuel HKSAR Government Environment Simon Ng ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1053935/regulations-needed-curb-ship-emissions
7. News - Hong Kong - ENVIRONMENT

   Marine diesel must be 10 times cleaner by 2014

   Posted Mar 23rd 2013, 12:00am by CHEUNG CHI-FAI

   ... News Hong Kong Marine diesel sulphur Cheung Chi-fai chifai.cheung@scmp.com Around 15,000 vessels would switch to diesel with 10 times less sulphur under proposed rules Over 15,000 diesel-powered vessels could be forced to use fuel with 90 per cent less sulphur, after a trial found the cleaner alternative had no impact on vessels' mechanics or consumption, under a government ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1197457/marine-diesel-must-be-10-times-cleaner-2014
8. News - China

   Sulphuric acid leak kills at least 3 in China

   Posted Mar 02nd 2013, 06:21pm by Associated Press in Beijing

   ... occurred, and Xinhua said authorities were still trying to verify the number of dead. Xinhua said the 2,000 cubic metres of sulphuric acid leaked from a storehouse used by a family business. It did ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1170129/sulphuric-acid-leak-kills-least-3-china
9. Out and about

   Posted Jul 20th 2008, 12:00am by Jason Wordie

   ... Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Mount Davis, Hong Kong Sulphur Channel Wild and picturesque, Mount Davis bears evidence of the city's colonial and wartime past, writes Jason Wordie. Forbiddingly steep, jungle clad and almost wild in places, Mount Davis looms above Kennedy Town on the western-most point of Hong Kong Island. On a pollution-free day, dramatic ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/645934/out-and-about
10. Comment - Insight & Opinion

    Fresh thinking needed to win air pollution battle

    Posted Apr 10th 2013, 12:00am by KWONG SUM YIN

    ... Comment Insight & Opinion Air Pollution in Hong Kong Air Pollution Diesel Fuel Roadside pollution Marine pollution Environment Kwong Sum Yin Kwong Sum Yin welcomes ...

    http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1210934/fresh-thinking-needed-win-air-pollution-battle

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