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Cleaner air objectives are inadequate

SCMP
We welcome the long-overdue review of air quality objectives and the newly proposed strategies for air pollution control by the [...]

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 [...]