Civic Exchange’s Recommendations for the 2021-22 Budget
Civic Exchange’s Recommendations for the 2021-22 Budget
Hong Kong Think Tank Urges Immediate Climate Actions
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Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Management Policy Part II: Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Towards a Diversified Water Supply
The current plans by the Water Supplies Department are not aggressive or ambitious enough to lower Hong Kong’s reliance on natural flows, nor do they appear to increase the long-term resilience of the system in the face of climate change. In this second report of “Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Policy Management”, we propose policy recommendations…
Civic Exchange Releases Part II of Report on Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Management Policy
“Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Management Policy Part 2: Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Towards a Diversified Water Supply” Civic Exchange calls for the Government to reduce reliance on the natural water cycle, diversify sources of water supply and consider a variety of factors, including climate resilience, water sustainability and adaptability when evaluating the deployment of water sources.…
Civic Exchange Releases Part I of Report on Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Management Policy
“Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Management Policy Part 1: Conservation and Consumption: Towards a Water-Smart Hong Kong” Civic Exchange calls for the Government to adopt a multi-faceted water management approach that takes into consideration current inefficiencies within its water strategy and long-term challenges in the Pearl River Delta. HONG KONG, 6 June 2019 – In a…
Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Management Policy Part I: Conservation and Consumption: Towards a Water-Smart Hong Kong
In this first report of “Modernising Hong Kong’s Water Policy Management” on conservation and consumption, we propose critical suggestions in pushing for behavioural change of consumers and more rapid responses by the Water Supplies Department to infrastructural failures. Key Policy Recommendations More ambitious water targets for 2030 Water pricing restructuring More robust and transparent data…
Indirect Potable Reuse of Wastewater Is a Promising Option but Overlooked by Hong Kong
Civic Exchange Fellow Frederick Lee wrote an article on the best way to utilise recycled water.
Supply of Recycled Water In Hong Kong
Civic Exchange submitted its views on the public consultation on the supply of recycled water In Hong Kong.
SCMP: Hong Kong uses enough water to fill 500,000 swimming pools yearly – will it ever run dry?
Simone McCarthy Published on SCMP on 8 Dec 2018 Land is not the only scarce resource that the Hong Kong government is planning to “reclaim”. Authorities are also working on a proposal to reclaim sewage water, part of a master plan aimed to reduce Hong Kong’s freshwater usage – a pressing issue for a city…
SCMP: Hong Kong must go with flow on the price of water
Board Member, Paul Zimmerman, was quoted in the article, “Subtropical Hong Kong gets an average of 2,400mm of rain a year, with about a tenth of that coming in May. But for 2018 less than 170mm had fallen on the city for the first five months, under half the normal average for this period.”
