Christine Loh Kung-Wai

29 Mar 2013

Top officials yesterday unveiled a seven-year plan to cut Hong Kong's notorious roadside air pollution, while admitting some of the targets might be hard to meet. Billed as an air-quality roadmap...

10:46AM

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Air pollution plan not a rehash, says government

29 Mar 2013

The government has rejected claims that its seven-year clean-air plan, released yesterday, is nothing but a rehash of the previous administration's ideas. Critics have said the road map - billed...

5:29AM

Plan to phase out dirty trucks hits snag over subsidy

25 Jan 2013

Transport operators and environment officials failed yesterday to reach a consensus on a government proposal to phase out old, polluting diesel vehicles.

4:13AM

Hong Kong to spend HK$31b to solve waste crisis

22 Jan 2013

Hong Kong will spend at least HK$31 billion on waste-handling infrastructure in the next seven years, it was revealed yesterday.

8:40AM

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Act now on city's pollution crisis, warn campaigners

12 Jan 2013

Air quality at shopping and commercial districts is continuing to decline ahead of new measures to curb the city's pollution problem, says a green group's review.

11:58AM

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Blow for Lung Mei beach judicial review plan

14 Dec 2012

A plan to seek a judicial review over a controversial man-made beach project was thrown into uncertainty after environment officials refused to provide details on the project in time.

3:50AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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4:27AM

City has enough air quality index stations, but more are being planned

The government would consider building more air quality monitoring stations in the city even though there are already enough for policymaking and scientific purposes, lawmakers were told yesterday...

3:38AM

Move to build more air quality testing stations

Undersecretary for Environment Christine Loh told the Legislative Council on Tuesday that the government would consider building more air quality monitoring stations in the city.

5:35PM

Who said it?

I cannot compromise because my enemies have not been vanquished

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi remains defiant

In the past, Hong Kong was quite passive in tightening air-...

2:37AM

ENVIRONMENT

Christine Loh wants a more holistic strategy to fight air pollution

Efforts to clean up vehicle exhaust fumes must go hand in hand with other measures, such as car-free zones and road tolls, if the air in pollution hot spots is to become more breathable, the...

7:38AM

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ENVIRONMENT

Environmental groups' legal threat 'silences' officials on Tai Po beach plans

The government cannot answer some questions from lawmakers about a planned artificial beach in Tai Po because of legal action planned by environmental groups, the undersecretary for the...

3:12AM

Recycling efforts in Hong Kong inadequate

The lack of progress on combating Hong Kong's dirty air and the severe health problems resulting from this pollution have been highlighted in these columns.

2:58AM