The Joint Meeting of Four Expert Groups of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Energy Working Group (EWG) and two associated events are being held in Hong Kong for the first time this week in a schedule running from yesterday until Friday. Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan and Director of Electrical & Mechanical […]
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Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan and Shenzhen Vice Mayor Zhang Hua, and leading officials from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government respectively, held the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Joint Working Group on Environmental Protection meeting in Hong Kong today. Highlighting that the Third Plenary Session of the 20th
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China Concrete Company Ltd today was today fined $212,000 after it carried out works at its two concrete batching plants in Yau Tong without a specified process licence and failed to comply with an air pollution abatement notice. The two plants, located at 20 and 22 Tung Yuen Street, were found to have contravened
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Two Country Parks Hiking & Planting Day events will be held in April and May. Jointly organised by the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department and Friends of the Country Parks, the events will take place on April 27 at Pak Sha Wan Peninsula, Ma On Shan Country Park and May 4 at Wong Nai
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March was drier and milder than usual, with the monthly mean relative humidity at 74%, which was 8% below the norm and the fourth lowest on record for March, the Hong Kong Observatory said today. The monthly total sunshine duration amounted to 143.8 hours, about 44% above the norm of 100 hours. With
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Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan today launched the Packaging Reduction Charter to encourage businesses to reduce their packaging usage and foster a waste reduction culture in commercial activities. Speaking at the charter’s launch ceremony, Mr Tse said that most packaging materials are discarded after single or limited use, placing a significant burden
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Secretary for Environment & Ecology Tse Chin-wan today attended the 2025 Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition (MIECF) in Macau and officiated at its opening ceremony with Macau officials. The Environment & Ecology Bureau’s booth at the exhibition presents a number of innovative initiatives adopted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government
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Last month, the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation, or HKSTP, transformed its InnoCentre in Kowloon Tong into a GreenTech Hub, with the aim of supercharging Hong Kong’s drive to be an international hub for green technology and green finance. Kevin To, the head of a green tech company focused on developing electric
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The Government today welcomed the decision handed down by the High Court to dismiss the application to substitute the applicant of the judicial review on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report of San Tin Technopole, and to grant leave to the applicant to withdraw the judicial review case. The Development Bureau commented that with
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To enhance the attractiveness of the GREEN$ Electronic Participation Incentive Scheme (GREEN$ ePIS) and encourage the public to participate in recycling, the Environmental Protection Department announced today that people can now convert GREEN$ Points to MoneyBack e-points. The department explained that it introduced, via the GREEN$ ePIS scheme, a new electronic redemption option in
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