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Hong Kong air pollution

Visibility is reduced as haze affects Hong Kong today, Central. 30DEC23 SCMP/ Dickson Lee

How air pollution increases dementia risk and ways to limit exposure

People living in polluted areas are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia types, studies show.

Letters | Public display of flags is subject to Malaysian law

Environmentalist Doug Woodring on connecting people to solve problems

Singapore study links air pollution to 135 million premature deaths

The study is one of the most expansive to date, using 40 years of data to give a big-picture view of the effects of air quality on health.

Women cover their faces with masks as haze shrouds Singapore’s central business district in 2016. Photo: Reuters

Editorial | Link between clear air and fewer suicides is another reason to act

A study lends support to the argument that there is more to environmental protection than just physical health and economic benefits.

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Editorial | Avoid complacency as Hong Kong air pollution creeps back

An old problem re-emerges as life returns to normal in post-pandemic Hong Kong, as air quality slips slightly in 2023 to second best year since 1997.

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Hong Kong air quality at risk of deteriorating to pre-coronavirus levels: NGO

Concentrations of some pollutants climbed last year, although air quality was second best to 2002 since city returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

An environmental NGO warns that air quality in the city could fall to pre-coronavirus levels. Photo: Yik Yeung-man

Hong Kong clocks ‘very high’, ‘serious’ health risk readings from air pollution

Hong Kong environmental authorities say 11 monitoring sites recorded air pollution levels posing a very high health risk and another flagged serious reading.

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Hong Kong air quality improvements could prevent 3,150 premature deaths a year

Authorities say stricter air pollution rules would also prevent 2,300 hospitalisations, 927,900 outpatient cases and save HK$275 million in medical costs every year.

Letters | Air pollution is still a silent killer that needs global action

Readers discuss the urgent need to accelerate steps to combat air pollution, Hong Kong’s response to Japan’s release of waste water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant, and the steep rise in food prices in India.

A man talks on his phone as he looks through the haze at the George Washington Bridge from Fort Lee, New Jersey, on June 7 when intense Canadian wildfires blanketed the northeastern US in a dystopian haze. Photo: AP

Hong Kong urged to set more aggressive air quality targets as views sought

Government proposes to tighten five air quality objectives and introduce three new parameters based on World Health Organization benchmarks.

Hong Kong’s air quality has been improving continuously in recent years, the government says. Photo: Elson Li

Why Typhoon Mawar is sending mercury soaring, bringing haze in Hong Kong

City’s weather forecaster records year-high temperature of 34.7 degrees Celsius at Tsim Sha Tsui station on Wednesday.

Hong Kong to pull plug on free EV charging at government facilities later in year

Phased introduction of fees planned, with authorities saying new charge will ensure ‘sustainable development’ of service.

Letters | Improve air quality to reduce the risk of long Covid

Readers discuss the link between air pollution and post-Covid risk, and ask for an SPCA app for vet appointments.

People wear masks in Causeway Bay as Hong Kong experiences high pollution levels on September 1, 2020. Photo: Sam Tsang

Asia has world’s worst air quality. Australia, New Zealand some of best: study

Conducted by scientists in Australia and China, the study found that more than 90 per cent of days in southern and eastern Asia had concentrations of dangerous particulate matter exceeding the WHO’s safety limit.

Thailand’s capital Bangkok seen shrouded in air pollution during sunrise on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters

Hong Kong’s CLP to continue investing in Australia for secure, clean power

CLP Holdings will continue to invest in Australia to improve the reliability of its coal power plants there while installing low-carbon alternatives to achieve long-term decarbonisation.

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Editorial | No time to relax in push for cleaner air

Hong Kong’s main air pollutants may have fallen last year, but there is no room for complacency on the road to healthier transport and energy.

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Hong Kong records best air quality in decade amid Covid-19 economic slowdown

Environmental officials optimistic city’s air quality will continue to improve in years to come with greater adoption of electric cars and clean energy.

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Hong Kong recorded its best air quality in a decade last year amid reduced economic activities brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Letters | Climate, air, waste: 3 fronts on which Hong Kong must do better

Readers discuss the environmental challenges the city needs to address, and solar energy development.

Letters | Hong Kong must have indoor air quality standards to protect children

Readers discuss the importance of indoor air quality standards for schools in Hong Kong, and good news for the local economy

Hong Kong’s greenhouse gas emissions drop, but concern groups say more work needed

Government report shows greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 equivalent to 33.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, about 16 per cent lower than in 2019.

Smokestacks at a Hong Kong power station. Photo: Roy Issa.

Letters | Carers should be allowed to stay with disabled patients, pandemic or not

Readers discuss how Covid-19 measures affect disabled patients in hospitals, the new testing rule for bars, the city’s continuing ‘trade barrier’ against itself, and why the congestion levy should be based on income.

People use the Leave Home Safe app to enter Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan on June 13. Photo: Sam Tsang

Editorial | Road to clean air in Hong Kong smoother by the day

Hongkongers are playing their part by buying more electric cars and the government is building more charging points, leaving buses and other modes of public transport as holdouts in the race to reach zero emissions on our roads.

Editorial | Pollution threat to Hong Kong cannot be ignored

Easing of social-distancing measures has brought an increase in air pollution, which led to 1,329 premature deaths in Hong Kong last year.

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Letters | Break gridlock to give Hong Kong a zero-emission bus fleet

The government expects bus operators to conduct trials of electric vehicles, but operators are reluctant to invest in such tests without a road map from the government. Meanwhile, air quality levels are far from satisfactory, leading to over a thousand deaths each year.

Bravo Transport Services unveils Hong Kong’s first electric double deck bus at the Citybus Chai Wan depot on April 29. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Hong Kong needs more EV charging facilities to keep up with rising use

Hong Kong needs to catch up on electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities to meet demand, as EV use could more than double to 10 per cent by 2025, according to Cornerstone Technologies.

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Cornerstone’s CEO, Vincent Yip, left, and CFO, Barry Cheung, at an EV charging facility in Hong Kong’s Shek Yam Shopping Centre. Photo: KY Cheng

‘Millions dying due to poor-quality air most of us are breathing’

UN health agency says 99 per cent of planet’s population breathes air exceeding air-quality limits, often rife with particles that penetrate lungs, enter veins and arteries and cause disease.

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Letters | Hong Kong doesn’t need two ‘metropolises’ to solve housing crisis

Readers discuss the need for the Lantau Tomorrow Vision in the face of the Northern Metropolis proposal, and the city’s immediate problem of worsening air pollution.

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Hong Kong air pollution
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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