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Tse Chin-wan

(謝展寰)

Tse Chin-wan
謝展寰
The latest news and top stories on Tse Chin-wan. He joined the Environmental Protection Agency in 1985 and rose through the ranks to Deputy Director and Under Secretary for Environment. Appointed to his current role in 2022, he oversees Hong Kong’s environmental policy, including climate action, waste management and air quality. His responsibilities involve spearheading Hong Kong’s carbon neutrality goal by 2050, focusing on green transport, zero-carbon electricity generation and waste reduction.
Lightning streaks across the sky above Fanling. CLP supplies electricity to the New Territories, Kowloon and most of the outlying islands. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong economy

43 measures for Hong Kong’s CLP to improve power supply after series of failures

Government releases report analysing power supply interruptions and voltage dips between 2021 and mid-2024.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Editorial | Hong Kong still needs a waste-charging scheme

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong’s solid waste levels dip for third year, but green groups still worried

Climate change

Outside In | Takeaway from Cop30: climate action needs to be up close and local

A focus on adaptation means a pivot to action on floods, typhoons, heatstroke deaths, wildfire damage – issues of immediate survival.

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Construction workers put up large umbrellas in Wan Chai on May 23, when a very hot weather warning was issued. Hong Kong has suffered 50 to 60 hot nights (over 28 degrees) every year since 2020, compared with around 20 a year a decade earlier. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong environmental issues

HK$90 million spent on Hong Kong pay-as-you-throw scheme ‘not wasted’: minister

Environment chief Tse Chin-wan says no public resources have been wasted, as he has noticed an increase in public awareness of waste reduction and recycling.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Editorial | Waste-charging scheme can still be an effective tool for Hong Kong

Officials must not lose sight of the urgency of tackling the city’s overburdened landfills.

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Hong Kong environmental issues

Opinion | Hongkongers must see the waste-charging scheme makes financial sense

The public must not lose sight of how landfill and other waste-related costs ultimately weigh on the government’s fiscal health.

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An aerial view of the South East New Territories (SENT) Landfill in Tseung Kwan O on September 29. Hongkongers might not be required to pay directly for waste disposal now, but the financial implications of the city’s current disposal system are substantial. The cost of landfill disposal has nearly doubled over 10 years. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong’s John Lee cites lack of consensus in shelving waste-charging scheme

But chief executive stresses that government’s goal of promoting waste reduction and recycling and achieving ‘zero landfill’ by 2035 remains unchanged.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong will boost recycling rate, keep waste-charging as safety net, says minister

Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan says government may reintroduce the scheme, which is ‘on standby’, if necessary.

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Hong Kong economy

Are pre-made meals the answer for struggling Hong Kong restaurants?

More restaurants are turning to pre-cooked food to save costs, but diners are wary about the origins and safety of such products.

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Lunchtime diners tuck into noodles at a Tsim Sha Tsui food court. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong environmental issues

Strong public backlash behind ongoing hold on Hong Kong waste charging: minister

Environment chief says surveys showed about 70 to 80 per cent of respondents thought scheme should not be implemented, timing wasn’t right for policy.

The multimillion-dollar waste-charging scheme was shelved last year after numerous launch delays. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong rules out pre-made restaurant meal labelling despite consumer concerns

Lawmakers tell environment secretary consumers have right to know what they are eating, but he says mandatory labels would be difficult to enforce.

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Hong Kong to expand driverless vehicle testing at 3 locations this year

Vehicles will be trialled at SkyCity, Kai Tak development area and extension of existing North Lantau project, transport secretary says.

Hong Kong environmental issues

Fighting chikungunya in Hong Kong: why do experts reject mosquito ‘weaponising’?

Specialists urge government to deploy more monitoring sites and enhance data collection to fight potential outbreaks.

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Workers from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department carry out Aedes mosquito control at Lei Tung Estate. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong environmental issues

Hong Kong to look at mosquito-eat-mosquito strategy to tackle chikungunya fever

Hong Kong has recorded six imported cases since August 2, with a 31-year-old man who returned from Foshan the latest patient.

Workers pour insecticide in a drain at a Hong Kong estate where a woman infected with chikungunya fever lives. Photo: Edmond So
Green finance

Opinion | How Hong Kong and EU can team up on green finance and climate action

The EU’s leadership on climate action and green growth dovetails with Hong Kong’s potential as a hub for green finance.

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