From HKFP, some pics from the typhoon, and some more (especially for fans of felled trees). And a clip via the Standard of people in Macau catching fish in flooded streets.
On other matters, the government gives up…
Hong Kong has confirmed that a long-delayed waste-charging scheme will remain on the shelf indefinitely, with the government saying the city continues to face economic challenges amid a global tariff war and rising geopolitical risks.
The Environment and Ecology Bureau announced the decision on Tuesday, two months after it was supposed to reveal the scheme’s future by the end of July.
The initiative had already been delayed twice and was originally shelved last May.
If you go to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, you see ‘Pay As You Throw’ and recycling measures that have been in operation for some 10 or 20 years.
It’s not exactly clear to me how “rising geopolitical risks” affect the ability of the CCP’s HK muppet adminstration to get Mrs. Chan to pay for state-supplied garbage bags.
You might almost think they were worried that HK might not comply with the scheme, and thereby feel emboldened to rise up… or else, more likely, that we would all just buy fake bags in Shenzhen.
If you go to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea and many, many other countries you will find waste incinerators that have been in operation for 30, 40, even 50 years.
Most HK people like the simple & effective method of disposing of their rubbish in the rear stairwell. They are not adherents of the man-made climate change religion.
Once the high-income elitists disable their air cons & residential lifts, Mrs Chan & I will buy garbage bags and separate our rubbish.
Until then, Mrs Chan & I would like them to f*ck right off.
Lessons from Ragasa lashing Hong Kong’s coastal areas must be learned, experts say
Ah “experts say”! Given how long HK has been subject to typhoons I wonder how they became experts and why these are new lessons.
“If you go to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, you see ‘Pay As You Throw’ and recycling measures that have been in operation for some 10 or 20 years.”
See??? Hong Kong people truly DO have REAL FREEDOM compared to their Asian neighbors!!!!! Enough of the naysayers with their anti mandatory patriotism, anti flag & anthem disrespect law, anti NatSec law, etc etc ad nauseam!
“ If you go to Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, you see ‘Pay As You Throw’ and recycling measures that have been in operation for some 10 or 20 years.”
They also have democratically elected governments with a real mandate when they passed these “pay as you throw” schemes.
Let’s start with a competently implemented recycling scheme and a few incinerators before we try to penalise individuals for all the plastic waste retailers add to packaging. I for one am glad the scheme is dead.