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Pollution, poor cycling and scrapped electric car incentives cause Hong Kong to lose out to Singapore in sustainable city index

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Hong Kong has scored top marks for economic performance in a study that ranked it the second most sustainable city in Asia after Singapore, but trailed its peers in social and environmental parameters. Regional air pollution, the lack of an urban bicycle infrastructure and the government scrapping electric vehicle incentives put the city below its Southeast Asian rival, according to Arcadis, a Dutch consultancy. An income gap at its highest point in 45 years, coupled with unaffordable property...

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