Backchat today -Clear the Air was onair from 0900-0915 http://programme.rthk.hk/channel/radio/programme.php?name=radio3/backchat&d=2012-05-10&p=514&e=177844&m=episode Electricity Prices / Call for public bodies to lower CEOs’ wages On Backchat we’ll be talking about electricity prices, as CLP warns of soaring prices in a few year’s time. Is it too cheap in HK and should the government be giving more subsidy? How can [...]
Posts on ‘May 10th, 2012’
Saving energy ‘the only solution’
Academic says rising gas prices leave consumers just two choices – use less power, or pay much more Cheung Chi-fai and Denise Tsang May 10, 2012 As gas prices rise and utilities strive to cut emissions, consumers must save energy or see their power bills rise by more than half by 2015, an energy specialist [...]
Power talks urged soon in price outcry
Eddie Luk HK Standard Thursday, May 10, 2012 Lawmakers have called for the mid-term review of the scheme of control agreement be advanced after CLP Power warned of a substantial rise in electricity bills. Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong lawmaker Gary Chan Hak-kan said yesterday the review should cover both [...]
CLP tariff warning puts C.Y. Leung on the spot over his energy policy
May 10, 2012 SCMP Just months after the painful wrangling with the government over the new electricity tariffs, CLP appears to be in a warring mood again. The power company warns that energy bills will be “materially” higher by 2015 due to a 40 per cent increase in fuel costs. Chairman Michael Kadoorie also fired [...]