CAN says emission reduction targets are overdue
The CEO of the Clean Air Network (CAN) on Tuesday said the government was overdue in announcing its emission reduction targets for 2025 and 2030.  Patrick Fung was commenting after a new report from Hong Kong, Guangdong, and Macau showed improving air quality - but worsening ozone levels - in the Pearl River Delta. He said the targets should have been announced last year. "We have to speed up implementation of the policy measures. We also have to look at what the goals are for the reduction targets for 2025 and 2030, it is overdue," Fung said. "The government committed to announce such reduction targets in 2022 but we didn't see it." Fung said there were several areas where pollution needed to be tackled. He said road transport was the main one, followed by marine vessels and power plants.  But Fung also said the three regions were moving in the right direction. He said efforts had been made to retro-fit power plants and to introduce cleaner motor vehicle fuels and motor vehicles.