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Clement Chan

Clement Chan

Clement Chan is a full-time civil and environmental engineer and freelance copywriter and translator. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil and structural engineering from the City University of Hong Kong in 2018.
Clement Chan is a full-time civil and environmental engineer and freelance copywriter and translator. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil and structural engineering from the City University of Hong Kong in 2018.
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Opinion | Are tight deadlines why Hong Kong construction sites are not safer?

While accident rates have fallen over the past decade, the numbers remain sticky. The mentality prioritising speed at all costs must change.

Impressive strides have been made in improving facilities and raising incentives for recycling, but these do not cover household food waste. This is a problem, because food makes up a third of Hong Kong’s total landfill waste, and is a significant source of greenhouse gases.

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Reports of the city’s landfills being close to capacity are overblown as extensions should be able to accept waste for another decade. Even so, Hong Kong needs answers on recycling and waste reduction to reach the goal of zero landfills and aid the fight against climate change.

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