New air quality goals expected to bring in HK$33 billion in economic benefits for Hong Kong but green groups say objectives are too conservative

More than two dozen short-term measures have been proposed to improve Hong Kong’s air as part of a new set of “air quality objectives”. The health impact from the 27 measures are expected to bring in the city HK$33 billion in economic benefits, mostly from reduced hospital admissions and 1,850 premature deaths averted, according to the government’s proposed air quality objectives for 2025. But proposals to tighten maximum levels of two key pollutants – fine...