As early as 2004, some members of the public had started lobbying for a continuous bike path along the waterfront on Hong Kong Island. Then, the Hong Kong Cycling Alliance—a group with the aim of turning Hong Kong into a more bike-friendly city—became the major advocate for the project...
Lung Mei is a small beach in Ting Kok, Tai Po. It is right beside Tai Mei Tuk, a popular spot for cycling, barbecue and kayaking on weekends and public holidays. Lung Mei may look unassuming, but it is in fact home to more than 200 species of animals. Low tides are the best time for observing Lung...
When you first meet April Lai, it is hard to imagine that this petite woman, standing at barely 5’1”, is responsible for collecting tons of waste glass from SoHo and Wan Chai every week. On Thursdays and Saturdays, Lai and a few volunteers brave the early hours and changeable weather to...
In a tiny city like Hong Kong, our precious land is more often thought of in terms of how many apartment blocks can be built on it, rather than how it might be able to feed us. Increasingly, however, people are starting to till the fields once more. Proper, working farms have been set up that...
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We love to complain about the mainland’s toxic factories, but how much can we really blame China for our noxious air?
Hongkongers seem especially fond of chalking up our abhorrent air quality to the folks across the border. With hundereds of factories belching out emissions in...
Sham Shui Po | Photo credit: Chan Wing-yin
Before and after the typhoon | Photo credit: Tom Jeanes
Hong Kong’s harbour | Photo credit: Sam Bhojwani
Science Park overlooking Ma On Shan | Photo credit: Daphne Leung
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Set up a medium/short-term water-saving target.
According to the Water Supplies Department’s 2008 Total Water Management Strategy, Hong Kong aims to save 236 million cubic meters of total water consumption by 2030. There are 20 years to go, and Hong Kong should consider setting up some...
Desalination—the process of extracting fresh water from salty sea water—is nothing new for Hong Kong.
In the 1970s, the colonial government built a desalination plant in Tuen Mun. Now defunct, it was erected as part of an initiative to solve the water shortage crisis of the 60s....
China, rather than local sources, is the main reason for all of our air pollution problems.
False.
Hongkongers shy away from taking responsibility for the air pollution problem afflicting our city. We have an easy scapegoat—which to argue that it’s factories and other sources on...
Since mid-September, twice each week, participating bars in SoHo have been keeping their waste glass from the night before and dropping the bags at four specific collection points to be picked up by trucks and sent for recycling. The project was initiated by The Globe, a pub on Graham Steet, and is...
