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We welcome the long-overdue review of air quality objectives and the newly proposed strategies for air pollution control by the [...]
Posts under ‘WHO’
Cleaner air objectives are inadequate
Clean bill of health
Christine Loh, SCMP
The government must be told, in no uncertain terms, that it has a duty to protect the public [...]
Air quality should meet strictest WHO guideline, 71pc in poll say
Amy Nip - SCMP
The government should set new air quality objectives in line with the toughest guidelines proposed by the [...]
Tougher steps on air quality rolled out - Goals on pollution, ideas to meet them
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP
The government yesterday rolled out proposals to toughen air quality standards, and measures to achieve this, as Hong [...]
Plans for cleaner air are welcome, if overdue
SCMP
If there is one thing on which there has long been consensus it is that we would like to breathe [...]
Tough action needed now on air pollution
Jul 15, 2009
The government has long blamed high pollution levels in Hong Kong largely on emissions from factories and power [...]
Asthma Group Condemns Plan To Adopt Lax Pollution Targets
Joyce Ng, SCMP - May 04, 2009
The Hong Kong Asthma Society has joined other groups in criticising the government’s proposed [...]
Air Of Detachment
CHRISTINE LOH, SCMP - Mar 26, 2009
The government ought to do the work itself. By palming off a review of [...]
Wan Chai Air Pollution Report Spurs Push For Traffic-free Streets
Cheung Chi-fai, SCMP - Mar 26, 2009
Local politicians in Wan Chai want more pedestrian flyovers, traffic-free streets and further greening [...]
Australia Defends Inclusion Of Air Pollution In New Travel Warning
Rosanne Barrett, SCMP - Mar 26, 2009
The Australian government has defended its decision to cite air pollution in Hong Kong [...]