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Email to director of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, after multiple correspondence with other FEHD officials failed to achieve progress on issue of over zealous use of pesticides versus mosquitoes killing considerable other wildlife: Table of Contents Disastrous impacts…
I have organised and led several outings to the Hong Kong countryside for school groups, chiefly for one school, for which I developed a “Hidden Hong Kong” week covering Mai Po Marshes, Kadoorie Farm, Cheung Chau, the northeast New Territories,…
Table of Contents 6 October 2025: Seemingly Mindless Spraying and Depleted Cheung Chau Wildlife Death liquid squirted at almost bare ground FEHD effectively waging war on Cheung Chau wildlife Email sent in September 2013 Email in February 2019, mentioning fogging…
Some years ago, I was asked to meet two or three people who were starting a new “environmental” ngo in Hong Kong, the World Green Organisation. Didn’t seem quite right to me – hardly ecowarrior type stuff, not up to…
Table of Contents Policy framework ideas mostly ignored as incineration emphasised Presentation I gave to legco: No environmental impact assessment focused on Shek Kwu Chau site Email to me a few days ago: My name is Steven Chan. I am…
Hong Kong will face more intense heat, flood, storm surges and biodiversity depletion under climate change. Healing Parks, an advocacy group, says that urban parks can help to mitigate these hazards – but current park design guidelines fail to consider…
Hong Kong government has plans for a massive reclamation, in waters between Lantau and Victoria Harbour, for something like a new mini city with central business district. First named East Lantau Metropolis, then Lantau Tomorrow Vision – even though not…
The project that started as East Lantau Metropolis, became Lantau Tomorrow Vision, and was called Kau Yi Chau Islands Reclamation looked set to be the most disastrous infrastructure project in Hong Kong’s history – costing huge sums of money, unsustainable,…
Typhoon Mangkhut helped show “storm surge” is a threat to modern cities, not just something for the history books.
To anyone concerned about plans for Lantau Tomorrow Vision, the clobbering of Kansai by T Jebi should indicate it's a Really Bad Idea.
A consideration of science suggests the reclamation plans, including for East Lantau Metropolis are foolhardy, even irresponsible.
Government Policy Not Followed; Waste Not Reduced - as Incineration Made Priority
Powerpoint presentation I gave at Inter-departmental Working Group on Clean Shorelines - Engagement Session with Community Groups meeting.
While climate change may have long seemed an issue for hardcore, tree-hugging environmentalists, concerns are spreading.
There has been considerable brouhaha over Hong Kong’s waste strategy, especially plans to expand three landfills plus build an incinerator on an artificial island by Shek Kwu Chau – which passed two votes in the Legislative Council, but were then…
Typhoon Haiyan was among the strongest storms on record, and devastated a swathe of the Philippines. A storm surge was most damaging; and surges have hit Hong Kong.
那麼，我們應該怎麼辦？依我看來，政府必須首先結束對焚化爐的偏執。如果我們不興建焚化爐，香港不會突然滿佈垃圾；大失所望的，就只有對數以十億計預算虎視耽耽的大小公司。 So what should we do? In my view, the government must first end its obsession with incinerators. If we don’t build incinerators, Hong Kong won’t suddenly be filled with garbage; the only ones who will be disappointed are the…
Hong Kong government aims to dump and burn waste, and has no Plan B. Instead, it should develop a strategy that will energise Hong Kong by targeting zero waste to landfills and incinerators. I’m among the opponents to the Shek…
what does it mean to be a crazy environmentalist? Well, I can’t speak for everyone, but can tell of some of the things I’ve done in the past month
Can you do anything to protect yourself against air pollution? Answer: you can try, but the best way is to have cleaner air; or even move!
The Environmental Protection Department is extremely biased in favour of the Shek Kwu Chau incinerator, and seems unable to admit drawbacks with incinerators or really consider alternatives.
I recently received an email asking about the track record of innovation in sustainability in Hong Kong. “Sorry, can’t be too helpful here I think,” I replied. “Our track record of innovation in sustainability is probably terrible.” But the email did…
Response to plastic pellets “disaster” highlights concern for marine environment facing litany of woes
‘Science fiction’ waste solution a real option Plasma arc incineration is a forward-looking and realistic alternative to landfills, and won’t generate the toxic emissions associated with burning waste [updating a little, Aug 2022: still seems a concept, not proven in…
Hong Kong's former Chief Executive Donald Tsang professed interest in nature, yet was anti-environment in practice.
The Hong Kong Government seems to be downplaying or misinformed about the health impacts of our air pollution, Chief Executive Donald Tsang has even said: “It is a question of visibility.”
Possible ways to clean indoor air a little. Prompted partly by reading info such as: ‘According to an article in “Heart,” the journal of the British Cardiac Society: “Epidemiology has clearly shown a link between increases in particulate air pollution…
Perhaps bridge proponents could explain just why Hong Kong should contribute to the project, and so help push our air pollution from very bad to even worse.
Right, let’s pretend I’m Steve Ballmer, barmy sales chief of Microsoft (Steve Who? … Steve Batty Ballmer goes iPod). Excuse me while I leap and dance around and whoop and scream for a few minutes. WOO! YEAH! WOOOO-OOOH! YEAH! YEEEEEEEE!…
It's not new in Hong Kong that vehicles emit particulates, factories and power stations pump out noxious fumes. So what happens? Not much really; plenty of hand-wringing, sorry comments from officials that there isn't much we can do.
For the planned Zhuhai bridge, the governments involved should evaluate the environmental sustainability of accelerating development of the western Pearl River Delta (PRD) and only allow the bridge to go ahead when we have identified air pollution offsets elsewhere.
Plans for the Hei Ling Chau superprison [by east Lantau] have been scrapped!
Greetings, Minions. I come to you as an emissary, reaching down to you – whom I believe I may call the man or woman on the street, or even in the dai pai dong – with a message from a…
The Hong Kong Government is undertaking a planning process centering on what the territory should be like in 2030. I’ve sent the following comments on a Consultation Booklet. You can find this and other information on the Hong Kong 2030…
