Emergency Management

Beijing on high alert for party's national congress

31 Oct 2012

Municipal government agencies and public utilities in Beijing were put on high alert yesterday to ensure everything goes smoothly in the capital during the Communist Party's 18th national congress...

9:55AM

Emergency services performed heroically during ferry disaster

21 Oct 2012

Whatever the outcome of the inquiry into the horrible Lamma ferry disaster, one thing is already clear, Hong Kong's emergency services responded outstandingly to that dire and completely...

1:39AM

Quake survivors will recover but nation must improve emergency relief

14 Sep 2012

Wen Jiabao, known as the people's premier for his empathy with victims of disasters and other misfortunes, expressed confidence that victims of China's latest earthquake would overcome the...

2:20AM

Expansion of Daya Bay's emergency zone ruled out

7 Mar 2012

Even the most serious incident at Guangdong's Daya Bay nuclear power station will have a direct impact on only a tiny number of Hongkongers, emergency planning officials insist, as they rule out...

9:23AM

Landing row sparks air safety probe

25 Aug 2011

Chinese civil aviation authorities are investigating claims that a domestic airline refused to make way for a Qatar Airways jet that was low on fuel at Shanghai's Hongqiao Airport.

5:45PM

Power play just drama?

14 Jun 2011

As the nation witnessed images of dried-up lakes and cracked river beds in central China earlier this month, state media warned that a major energy crisis was looming this summer, complete with...

12:23PM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Medics on site for riding mishaps

A biological or other terrorist attack is the worst-case scenario that Hong Kong's equestrian organisers have prepared for. But in reality, the worst that is likely to happen is riders falling...

5:37AM

Talkback

What do you think of the Mong Kok development plan?

In his letter regarding the redevelopment of MacPherson stadium in Mong Kok, H.C. Bee (Talkback, June 24) gave voice to the...

9:47PM

Planning chief lauds success of disaster relief

The mainland's top economic planning body touched only briefly yesterday on what lessons should be learned from the calamitous snowstorms of the past two months, preferring to dwell on the...

9:37PM

Shutdown order for 10 types of industries

Guangdong energy crisis forces sacrifice

Guangdong will order about 10 types of energy-consuming industries to disconnect from the power grid to overcome the province's worst...

9:35PM

Better response to disasters planned

Beijing has pledged to enhance its capacity for disaster response after recent snowstorms paralysed transport and claimed at least 129 lives.

8:30PM

Guangdong factories face power shortage

Guangdong manufacturers should expect to suffer shortages of electricity, diesel and coal this year as energy supplies fail to keep pace with the province's surging economic growth.

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