Air quality

Beijing air quality plummets after Lantern Festival fireworks

25 Feb 2013

Heavy smog blanketed most areas in Beijing and air pollution readings surged after enthusiastic residents set off fireworks to celebrate the annual Lantern Festival, Xinhua reported on Monday.

Letters to the Editor, February 13, 2013

13 Feb 2013

The numbers of parallel traders at the border have been causing problems for businessmen, Hong Kong people living in Shenzhen, and tourists, yet the authorities have not been able to solve the...

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Beijing's crazy, quick fixes for toxic air: canned air, bicycle-powered air filters

31 Jan 2013

With air pollution at an all time high in the Chinese capital, Beijing's residents are coming up with novel ways to try to deal with the suffocating smog.

Dr Doom opens up on Money for Nothing

31 Jan 2013

Marc Faber, the Swiss investor known as Dr Doom, was the star turn of RTHK's Money For Nothing finance programme yesterday morning. This was a special show in that it was a winning item from an...

Clean air should be a basic right

15 Jan 2013

Hazardous smog - that has for days blanketed north, central and east China - makes plain the scale of the environmental challenge Xi Jinping's incoming government faces.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Vehicle owners can't shirk their responsibility in polluter-pays society

With the chief executive's policy address approaching, discussions abound that the government may take a "carrot and stick" approach to combat Hong Kong's notorious roadside pollution - by...

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Quality of local schools in doubt, Amcham says

The recently reappointed chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong yesterday criticised the quality of the city's education system, urging officials to adopt long-term planning in...

Transparency clears the sky

Transparency is indispensable to good governance. In China opaque smog is often a symbolic reminder of lack of transparency on matters that are the legitimate concern of ordinary folk. Hazardous...

Government must do more to improve air quality

Just how bad is our air quality? The answer can be found when you sniff it or take a look at the skyline. Those who need more evidence can turn to the damning report by the Audit Commission on the...

Talking Points

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Transport Department not helping fight against pollution

At a time when roadside pollution has been increasing ("Emission cuts on target but air quality gets worse", October 11) and the deputy director of environmental protection has stated that "we are...

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