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Hong Kong authorities have time and again failed to implement the scheme and the reason is clear: the average person has yet to be convinced of its viability.
The government must soon determine a target population size for the animals and shift into population management, lest the culling programme become an extermination plan.
Authorities must make the best use of the time left before new waste-charging rules go into effect to improve awareness and systems for leftover recycling.
City push for regional green fuel bunkering centre will offer incentives to vessel owners and industry to be more environmentally friendly.
City should promote the move against single-use plastic products to ensure that restaurants and other businesses are ready to comply
City’s finance chief and California’s secretary for environmental protection Yana Garcia call for political differences to be put aside at a University of Hong Kong forum.
Eastern district council member Lam Wing-shing raises concerns about the short notice, says trial run has caught residents by surprise.
Readers discuss the need for national governments to work with cities on climate change, public officials using plastic bags and containers, and the potential for social media to help ecological preservation.
Trial run launching next month will now cover only 14 premises including one government office block and three private residential buildings.
Government to post warnings at immigration checkpoints and hotels to remind travellers to have their own hygiene products, such as razors, because of throwaway plastics ban.
Quota of 3,000 people can visit the vessel free of charge at the Ocean Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui from April 9 to 12.
Marine experts worry that mega Lantau reclamation project will disrupt dolphin habitat and conservation plans are lacking.
Catering sector pushes back against claims by environment minister that 80 pre cent of small and medium-sized restaurants are not prepared for coming ban.
Ecology minister Tse Chin-wan says conservation department has reduced size of boar population by 910 since late 2021, putting it at 1,360.
Lawmakers told a check of 20,000 small and medium-sized restaurants showed most not ready to ditch plastic next month.
Readers discuss the city’s fight against climate change, and the benefits of the waste-charging scheme.
The government should further open the local environment-protection market to attract investment from Greater Bay Area companies, says a vice-president at the Hong Kong-listed company.
Entry to see the reptile, a mix of two critically endangered species, will be free of charge in effort to raise conservation awareness among public.
Readers discuss Hong Kong’s plans for an information and technology zone at the northern border, the proposed monthly firework displays, crowds on a bus route popular with tourists, and the need for a better strategy to promote the city.
Readers discuss the government’s plan to hold monthly firework displays over Victoria Harbour, what Singapore offers Chinese tourists, and the need for Hong Kong to spruce up its streets.
Environment and Ecology Bureau says proposal could help authorities cut cost of keeping goods in cold storage for merchants to take back.
Society for Community Organisation poll finds quarter say they may flush food waste down toilet and more than half say will avoid taking out trash every day.
Many are still not clear about what’s fit to recycle, restaurant owners say it’s too much of a bother.
Hong Kong’s recycling pace lags that in Europe and the US, but government intervention could help transform the landscape as growing landfills contaminate the soil.
Environment chief Tse Chin-wan says the income the government obtains will depend on various factors including whether people follow the rules.