Madam President, the Hon Edward Ho's motion is an excellent one to which I agree with wholeheartedly. I wish to thank him for raising the motion. My amendment aims to strengthen it by adding in specific short term measures which the Administration can take immediately.
Air pollution is worsening - there is no argument about that.
We have had a number of very high API readings already this year. I urge Members to note that it is possible for daily AQOs to be met every day of the year but annual AQOs to still fail. Exposure to short bursts of high levels of air pollution may not damage your health, but continued exposure to lower levels of air pollution may be damaging. Projections are for things to get worse. Despite continued improvements in new, imported vehicle emission standards, there are more and more vehicles on the road, and those vehicles are not being well maintained.