Posts under ‘Lighting’

SCMP - 12 December 2008
Decorative lights facing The Peak on the outside of the Hopewell Centre in Wan Chai would be turned off each night after the Symphony of Lights to reduce light pollution, but those facing the harbour would remain on, Hopewell Holdings (SEHK: 0054) said. But all lights would remain on for special […]

Peter So and Tiffany Lam, SCMP - Updated on Dec 08, 2008
More than 1,300 street lights on residential buildings are a cancer risk for residents, a green group has warned.
Friends of the Earth said it wants the government to speed up efforts to reduce their glare and, while conceding that about 600 of a total […]

David Chan - SCMP | Updated on Nov 05, 2008
On October 1, National Day, an important piece of legislation known as the Civil Energy Act came into effect.
The law has six chapters and 45 articles detailing the country’s vision of how to deal with the effect of global warming. There are chapters on energy savings […]

SCMP | Updated on Oct 31, 2008
A green group has accused five brand-name shops of excessive use of lighting on their outlets’ exterior walls and in advertising that has caused electric-light pollution in Central. The five shops are Louis Vuitton in The Landmark, H&M in Queen’s Road Central, the flagship shop of Coach in Central, […]

SCMP | Updated on Oct 31, 2008
It seems that people are becoming more aware of the effects of climate change.
We appreciate the threat posed by greenhouse gas emissions.
Yet although people have this awareness, many do little in the form of practical action to curb the effects of global warming.
We must address environmental issues, because the […]

Peter So - SCMP | Updated on Oct 25, 2008
An environmentally friendly “sticker lamp” as thin as a magazine cover has won a local toy designer a top award in the Seoul Design Competition - Hong Kong’s first and only winner in the contest.
Keikko Lee Wing-lam, 26, came up with the idea of a lamp […]

SCMP | Updated on Oct 25, 2008
You see neon lights all over Hong Kong. It does not matter where you are - Mong Kok, Central or Causeway Bay - you cannot escape them.
These neon [and other kinds of] lights sometimes illuminate advertising billboards and your attention is drawn to the product being promoted. But they […]

James Pomfret - Reuters | Wed Oct 22, 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong may be known as the Pearl of the Orient for its bright-light, big-city allure, but the ubiquitous practice of keeping neon signs and buildings blazing all night has come under growing fire from green groups.
One of the world’s most densely built-up […]

SCMP | Updated on Oct 22, 2008
Light pollution is becoming an increasingly serious problem in Hong Kong.
In the city it is difficult to see the night sky clearly, because of the powerful neon lights and even lights in flats. We keep talking about reducing air and waste pollution, but seldom focus on light pollution.
I do […]

Cheung Chi-fai - SCMP | Updated on Oct 20, 2008
Consumers will be urged to boycott upmarket fashion chain Prada if it refuses to dim its illuminated signboard in Central, a green group has warned.
The warning came as Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen last week said the government would study the need for legislation to control […]