Ocean Pollution

Letters to the Editor, February 17, 2013

17 Feb 2013

The Environmental Protection Department's fluorescent lamp recycling programme provides public collection points for old fluorescent bulbs, although the container does not cater to longer tubes...

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HK suffers most deaths in region from ship pollution

20 Sep 2012

Hong Kong has suffered the most from ship emissions in the Pearl River Delta, with locals accounting for 75 per cent of deaths related to sulphur dioxide released from vessels, a think tank found...

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Typhoon Kai-Tak helps clean up plastic pellets dumped by Vicente

19 Aug 2012

One brought havoc, the other was a godsend.

In an unusual twist, Typhoon Kai-Tak dumped a second wave of plastic pellets onto Hong Kong beaches, giving the army of volunteers who have...

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Hundreds help clear pellets

5 Aug 2012

Hundreds of volunteers yesterday helped clear up the mass of plastic pellets washed ashore on Discovery Bay's beaches in the wake of Typhoon Vicente two weeks ago.

For their part,...

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Crises worsened by cloak of secrecy

23 Feb 2012

Environmentalists have warned for years of a looming water crisis in China. So just how far off is it now?

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letters

18 Jan 2012

Time to halt the plastic menace

If you search for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' on Google, you will find a lot of photos showing the ocean full of plastic waste.

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Opinion

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

5 comments

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Fish farmers in the lurch over oil spills

Fish farmers in Shandong affected by oil spills in the Bohai Sea expressed disappointment at the government's apparent lack of action to help them seek compensation and punish the culprits of one...

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People can make a difference by getting involved in annual cleaning of beaches

I refer to the letters by Lawrence Brader ('Appalled by floating rubbish', September 8) and Ken Wake ('Get tough with marine litter louts', September 8).

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Fuel project to curb plastic attack on seas

With rapid development and a growing appetite for plastic, Asia is on track to become a major contributor to the vortexes of rubbish in the world's oceans, a marine conservation...

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Cross-border oil fouls beaches

Marine officials are blaming cross-border oil spills for an unusual increase in contamination of beaches and coastal areas last year.

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Hopes low for any Bohai payout

Mainland legal experts say it is highly unlikely that fish farmers and others affected by recent oil spills in the Bohai Sea will receive suitable, if any, compensation for the damage caused by...

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Oil spill washes up on beaches

Traces of oil from spills at the mainland's largest offshore oilfield have washed ashore on two beaches along the Bohai Sea some 170 kilometres away, prompting fears of an ecological catastrophe...

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