Another article in today's The Standard talks about exatriates in Hong Kong leaving the city or refusing to move here due to Hong Kong's terrible air quality.
The article points out issues that all of us living here are already familiar with: The government doesn't even acknowledge some of its pollutants (in particular fine particulates) , the pollution is getting worse, not better, the consequences on health are terrible (though Hong Kong's Department of Health has no mention of pollution on their website).
While corporates in Hong Kong had previously not publicly commented on pollution, it's interesting to see that many are now making public announcements to express their displeasure with the situation.
Sadly, some of Hong Kong's most influential multinatials, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank (sponsor of the yearly marathon here), are doing nothing... The nature of their commitment to the welfare of this community has always been tenuous. In Hong Kong this matters because of the 'functional constituency' system used in government, where companies and trade groups (not individual residents) are the primary directors of government policy.
Read the full article here.
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