Public policy think tank Civic Exchange today announced the findings of a study on roadside air pollution covering all 18 districts in Hong Kong.
The ‘Get It Green’ (‘GIG’) competition, jointly organized by the Environmental Campaign Committee (ECC) and Civic Exchange, with the funding support of the Environment & Conservation Fund of the HKSAR Government, is inviting youth aged 25 and under to submit entries related to climate change and low carbon living.
Public policy think tank Civic Exchange today called on Chief Secretary Henry Tang to work with the Environmental Protection Department (EPD), Transport Department (TD), and the Secretary for Food & Health to reduce the threat to public health…
Civic Exchange has called for the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) to be implemented in Hong Kong for at least five years. This is a system that can help to save lives in a city that has heavy demand on ambulance service.1 This matter should have received high policy priority much earlier.
Better environmental disclosure requirements from the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) not only would help reduce investment risk and protect investor interests…
Public policy think tank Civic Exchange today noted that dust from a giant sandstorm in northern China has caused record levels of air pollution. However, the greater harm comes from living in a persistently high pollution environment, and there is an urgent need to reduce the pollution Hong Kong generates itself.
Civic Exchange submission to Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs (Subcommittee on Improving Air Quality) – Early Replacement of Old Diesel Commercial Vehicles.
China may be looking at trade-offs between access to clean water and economic growth Analysts are forecasting reduced economic growth for China as the country struggles with a deepening water crisis, according to a new investor report released today…
Independent public policy think tank Civic Exchange noted the Financial Secretary’s introduction of incentives to clean up roadside pollution in the 2010-2011 Budget, but remains concerned that unless mandatory measures requiring the worst polluters to clean up are adopted…
Since constitutional development has not progressed since 2004, many of Civic Exchange’s views submitted earlier in response to various Task Force reports and the 2007 Green Paper remain relevant. We do not intend to repeat them but would like to highlight three issues.
