Hong Kong won’t give up waste-charging scheme, ‘zero landfill’ goal: minister Hong Kong authorities have not given up the “pay-as-you-throw” waste charging scheme, according to the environment chief, and the goal of achieving “zero landfill” by 2035 remains unchanged. The comments made by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan on Monday followed the government’s announcement last Tuesday that the scheme would be put on hold indefinitely, as the city was battling Super Typhoon Ragasa. “We have not decided to cancel or stop using the waste charging scheme in... image
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Hong Kong will boost recycling rate, keep waste-charging as safety net, says minister
Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan says government may reintroduce the scheme, which is ‘on standby’, if necessary.
When Typhoon Wanda wreaked havoc on Hong Kong in 1962 – SCMP archive As Hong Hong deals with the aftermath of Super Typhoon Ragasa, we take a look at SCMP’s coverage of some of the worst storms the city has experienced. Click here to read more. Hong Kong’s day of terror This article was first published on September 2, 1962 Typhoon Wanda, with winds of up to 162 miles an hour, smashed its way through Hong Kong yesterday and in eight hours of terror, killed or injured hundreds, rendered nearly 20,000 homeless, and left behind it a trial of destruction such as the... image
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On This Day | When Typhoon Wanda wreaked havoc on Hong Kong in 1962 – SCMP archive
On September 1, 1962, Hong Kong experienced one of its deadliest typhoons, which killed 130 people and left 52 missing.
Hong Kong police foil phone scam, save elderly woman from HK$100,000 loss Hong Kong police have foiled a “guess who I am” phone scam, arresting two mainland Chinese men hired by a fraud syndicate and preventing an elderly woman from losing HK$100,000 (US$12,740). Chief Inspector Ma Suet-yiu of the force’s Western district on Wednesday said the arrests were made after the 78-year-old woman received a phone call from a scammer impersonating her son on Monday. The fraudster claimed he was in police custody for a criminal case and asked for HK$100,000 in bail money. He... image
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Hong Kong police foil phone scam, save elderly woman from HK$100,000 loss
Two men arrested while allegedly trying to collect ‘bail money’ from 76-year-old woman who had been told her son was in police custody.