Meta Data
Title in national language: 
香港清新空气蓝图
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2013
Effective Start Year: 
2013
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Transport, Building
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Other
Issued by: 
Environment Bureau
Overall Summary: 
The plan sets out in detail the various measures to tackle air pollution from power plants, land and sea transport, and non-road mobile machinery and to strengthen collaboration with Guangdong to deal with regional pollution.
Efficiency
EE action plans: 
[...]incentivising consumers to save electricity through the tariff structure, reviewing the Mandatory Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme to encourage consumers to use more energy efficient appliances, using more light-emitting diode (LED) or other energy efficient lamps for street lighting and traffic signals, phasing out the use of incandescent light bulbs, and implementing the District Cooling System at the Kai Tak Development.
EE transport standards : 
[...] to replace the older, dirtier ones with Euro 5 or Euro 6 models (the latter is expected to come to market by 2014 and be available in Hong Kong in greater numbers by 2016).---[...] to incentivise the replacement of pre-Euro 4 DCV(Diesel Commercial Vehicles) by cleaner models and to ban the use of the older models within a stated period in the coming years[...]. to remove the dirtiest DCV currently on our roads (pre-Euro, Euro 1, Euro 2 and Euro 3) over the period 2014 to 2016 for Pre-Euro 3 DCV and Euro 3 vehicles by 2019.[...].---[...]all ships to use a 1% sulphur fuel, which will be tightened to 0.1% maximum by 2015. ---[...] for local vessels to switch from the currently-used marine light diesel with sulphur content of 0.5% to a cleaner diesel with sulphur content of 0.05%,[...]
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
[...]promote non-motorised transport, such as improving walkability, pedestrianising where appropriate, and promoting cycling where safety is not compromised. Detailed plans will have to be worked out in the future.
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
[...]in the longer-term to achieve cleaner, more efficient public transport through making public transport a preferred choice mode, managing road use and meeting diverse needs of the travelling public
Pollution control action plans: 
AQM (Air Quality Management System): [...] made up of the regulatory activities undertaken to reduce air pollution and the associated health risk. The AQM process includes understanding the sources of pollution and the health effects of the pollutants, and taking steps to reduce or control the sources of pollution to reach or not exceed specific targets. ---[...] work closely with the bus operators to replace their fleet with cleanest bus models in keeping with the bus replacement programme once such models are available in the market[...] subsidise the cost of retrofitting Euro 2 and 3 buses with selective catalytic reduction devices (SCR) to reduce NOX emissions to reach Euro 4 and 5 standards respectively. ---[...]to have the cleanest buses going into areas with the most people so as to reduce their exposure to pollution[...] low emissions zones for buses (LEZ) at busy corridors, where only the cleanest models will be allowed. ---[...]greening policy to improve the quality of our living environment through active planting, proper maintenance and preservation of trees and vegetation, as well as to invest in plantings to beautify the streetscape, which also helps to cleanse the air. ---[...] reducing the reliance on coal and switching to cleaner fuels on the supply side, as well as enhancing energy efficiency and conservation on the demand side. ---Local vessels to use cleaner marine diesel.
Cooperation in env.: 
By 2020, regional air quality will be much improved as a result of tighter regulation in Hong Kong and on the Mainland for both industry and transportation. Hong Kong will have designed effective programmes together with Guangdong to promote cleaner technologies in factories that will reduce smoggy conditions. [...] ---Intensifying cross-boundary collaboration: (a) Study on regional photochemical smog; (b) Cleaner production in Guangdong (c) Explore OGV fuel switch at berth in PRD ports.---Hong Kong and Guangdong Province have been collaborating to improve regional air quality since 2002. [...] The two sides will review progress in 2015 to finalise the targets for 2020. The two sides are also actively discussing joint research projects to better understand the regional photochemical smog problem, as greater understanding is needed to fine-tune control policies.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
[...]hybrid and electric vehicles are also encouraged [..] working with car park providers, property developers and managers, as well as the two electric utilities to to provide charging facilities.
Investment
Energy sector investment priorities: 
The government set-up the $300 million Pilot Green Transport Fund for application by transport operators to trial innovative green transport technologies that can out-perform conventional methods, such as clean vehicles, emission reduction devices, fuel saving devices and conversions from conventional to alternative fuelled vehicles.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
[...]in the longer-term to achieve cleaner, more efficient public transport through making public transport a preferred choice mode, managing road use and meeting diverse needs of the travelling public
Statistics collection and management: 
AQM (Air Quality Management System): [...] made up of the regulatory activities undertaken to reduce air pollution and the associated health risk. The AQM process includes understanding the sources of pollution and the health effects of the pollutants, and taking steps to reduce or control the sources of pollution to reach or not exceed specific targets.