Ebbing away: Hong Kong's ivory trade
As Hong Kong moves towards the final step of a landmark ivory ban, TRAFFIC has released a report that acknowledges progress, but urges tighter regulation on privately owned ivory stocks, antique ivory
Hong Kong
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Shanghai 'best place to live in mainland'
Shanghai has been raked the top mainland city for quality of living, according to a ranking report released on Wednesday. The ranking by the Mercer, a talent, health, retirement and investments consultancy
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Hong Kong ranked 70th in world for quality of living- way behind rival Singapore
Hong Kong offers the best quality of living among cities in China but has fallen way behind its main competitor Singapore and major Japanese cities, according to a new survey. The city ranked 70th among
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Flats near Hong Kong container terminal carry air pollution health risk
But for residents of Kwai Chung's Kwai Shing West Estate, a stone's throw from the Kwai Tsing container terminal, the last few decades seem more of a health curse than a real-estate blessing. Just ask
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Harmful ozone levels in Hong Kong up 35pc in last 15 years
Some key pollutants fell, but government and environmentalists at odds over why The concentration of ozone in the city's air has increased by a third in the last 15 years, highlighting yet again the
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Hong Kong Falls Out of Top 30 Most-Livable Cities
Hong Kong has dropped out of the world’s top 30 most-livable cities because of poor air quality and social unrest caused by the Occupy Central movement, according to consulting firm ECA International.
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Hong Kong Warns Public to Avoid Outdoors as Pollution Soars
Hong Kong’s government said air pollution reached the highest level on its gauge at more than half of its monitoring stations, as light winds in the city failed to disperse pollutants. The pollution
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Western parts of Hong Kong hit worst by bad air
Bad air affects the western reaches of the city more seriously than other areas, a report by an environmental group has found - and it may deteriorate further in the next decade. Green Power urged the
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Plastic waste tops list of rubbish found on Hong Kong's beaches
Plastic waste poses one of the biggest threats of pollution on Hong Kong's beaches, this year's International Coastal Clean-up programme has found. For the first time since the Green Council began organising
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Hong Kong prepares to weather effects of climate change
Environment undersecretary Christine Loh Kung-wai said the city needed to understand its long-term preparedness and where the risks lay as the earth's atmosphere changed. Hong Kong will take stock of
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China's ports fail to regulate pollution: Report
BEIJING: China's busy ports fail to regulate heavy emissions of sulfur oxide and other pollutants mostly from cargo ships although they're the biggest source of air pollution in port cities such as Hong