Landfill

HSBC apologises for UnionPay ATM-card fiasco in Hong Kong

7 Jun 2013

Ever since HSBC started sending out its new ATM cards with an embedded chip, internet chat rooms and our own organ's letters page have been humming with disgruntled HSBC customer complaints.

11:57AM

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Plans to expand landfills meet protests

2 Jun 2013

Environmentalists and Tseung Kwan O residents descended upon the Legislative Council building yesterday to voice their opposition to the government's plans to expand landfills.

8:18AM

Time for Hong Kong to stop talking rubbish

30 May 2013

Yet another plan to solve Hong Kong's serious refuse problem has been unveiled. Secretary for the Environment Wong Kam-sing conveyed the right level of urgency in launching the government's...

2:56AM

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Legislators, residents protest against landfill expansion plan

27 May 2013

Legislators and residents on Monday raised objections to a landfill expansion plan in Tseung Kwan O and some urged the government to withdraw the proposal.

8:07PM

Hong Kong issues dire warning on landfills amid protests by residents

26 May 2013

Environment minister Wong Kam-sing said Hong Kong would be "surrounded by rubbish" if a HK$8.9 billion landfill expansion, planned since 2003, did not go ahead.

3:55PM

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'Super prison' rising out of the sea is back on agenda for Hong Kong planners

4 Apr 2013

A debate over moving prisons and landfills to artificial islands has erupted - with an engineering expert saying prime sites such as Stanley jail could be put to better use, and opponents saying...

8:38AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

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

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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Environment chief calls for talks on Lantau incinerator

The environment minister called for a discussion on building an incinerator as a part of Hong Kong’s waste strategy, calling it irresponsible if talks don't take place.

12:32PM

A real strategy to save Hong Kong's endangered natural assets

The proposed beach at Lung Mei, incinerator at Shek Kwu Chau, expansion of the Tseung Kwan O landfill into Clear Water Bay Country Park and a potential third runway at the airport have all...

5:06AM

Letters

Most dog owners are responsible

I refer to the letter from Justin O'Brien ('It makes sense in high-density HK for housing estates to impose dog ban', July 8), replying to my letter...

9:21PM

letters

No one wants to have incinerators

7:43PM

Letters

Ageism still exists in HK workplace

I refer to the report ('Population ageing faster, panel says', May 31) and how it will likely affect Hong Kong's productivity.

4:54PM