HK: Public consultation on introduction of waste charging to strengthen waste reduction

Public consultation on introduction of waste charging to strengthen waste reduction

The Environment Bureau launched on 10 January 2012 the public consultation on the introduction of charging as an economic means to reduce the generation of municipal solid waste. The consultation document gives an overview of waste management in Hong Kong, and also outlines the international experience in waste charging and key considerations for the implementation of such a scheme in Hong Kong. The consultation will last for three months from now until 10 April 2012. Members of the public are welcome to give their views. The consultation document is available at the offices of the Environmental Protection Department, the Environmental Resource Centres and the Public Enquiry Service Centres of Home Affairs Department. They can also be downloaded from the dedicated website.

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2012 International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering (ICTTE 2012) from 17 - 18 February

Date: February 17-18, 2012
Venue: Hong Kong

General Information
ICTTE 2012 is sponsored by IACSIT, and supported by many Institutes and Universities around the world. It is the main annual Traffic and Transportation Engineering conference aimed at presenting current research being carried out. Current ICTTE 2012 will be held during February 17-18, 2012 in Hong Kong. The idea of the conference is for the scientists, scholars, engineers and students from the Universities all around the world and the industry to present ongoing research activities, and hence to foster research relations between the Universities and the industry. This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.

Website: http://www.ictte.org/

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Public Forum on Enhancing Land Supply Strategy

Public Engagement for the Government's proposal of reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and rock cavern development

Date: 04 Feb 2012 ,11 Feb 2012 ,18 Feb 2012
Time:14:30 - 17:30

The Financial Secretary announced in his 2011-2012 Budget Speech that an amount of about $300 million will be allocated for conducting relevant studies and public engagement exercise to explore the options of reclamation outside Victoria Harbour and rock cavern development in the next few years. The Chief Executive has announced in his latest Policy Address to innovate to expend land resources and to build up a land reserve.

Civil Engineering and Development Department has commissioned a consultancy in July 2011 to explore the feasibility of the two land supply options and prepare for the public engagement.

Voice out through the public forums or fill in there quesionnaire: http://www.landsupply.hk/questionnaire.php?lang=eng
For more information, browse: http://www.landsupply.hk/publicForum.php?lang=eng

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The Urban Infrastructure Conference 2012 on 2 March

Event Date:	2 March, 2012 (Friday)
Event Time:
Venue:	TBC
Contact:	Nick Ball
Telephone:	28519923
Email:	nb@urbaninfraexpo.com
Website:	www.urbaninfraexpo.com/

Coming on the back of the highly successful Urban Infrastructure 2010 Conference, , the 2012 Urban Infrastructure Conference (Hong Kong) looks at the various infrastructure plans under development in coming years.

This conference will provide detailed information on the government initiatives and examine them from an investment, financing, urban planning, design and Construction perspective as well as offering expert analysis on issues and options available when undertaking large urban projects.

List of Projects:
 ■West Kowloon Cultural District
 ■Kai Tak Development
 ■Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
 ■East Kowloon Office Redevelopment
 ■East Kowloon Transportation Infrastructure Projects
 ■MTR Project Update

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Workshop on 'Sustainability in Transport Networks'

Introduction
A workshop organized by HKU's Institute of Transport Studies, Centre for Transport Research, The University of Seoul, and Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies

Date:16 Dec 2011

Time:0900 - 1800

Venue: Lecture Theatre T3, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong

The workshop places emphasis on discussions of how new models and advanced methods can be used for giving better insights on travel behaviors in transportation networks particularly in view of the recent concern of sustainability in transport networks. The workshop will bring together experts in a behavior side, a transportation network side, and a sustainability side worldwide to discuss both recent research and future directions in this important field. Theoretical and empirical papers covering these important aspects of behavior in networks to enhance the realism of modeling sustainability in transport networks would be presented.

Registration:
No registration is required.

CPD Credit: The workshop is considered suitable for 9 CPD-hour credits. A certificate of attendance will be issued after the workshop.

For enquiries, please contact Dr. Tony Sze, (T) 2859-2662, (F) 2517-0124, (E) szenn@hku.hk.

For more details: Click here

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Film Show and Public Forum: In search of Harmony with Nature: Global Vision and Local Action on 23 Nov

Programme
	1815-1830	Registration and Demo of Online Tree and Bird Database
	1830-1845	Introduction to Speakers and Opening Address
	1845-1915	Film Show: “What if we change?”
	1915-2000	Director John Liu: “In search of Harmony with Nature” Dr. S.T. Tsim: “Local Action Plan for Conservation” Mr. George Jor: “Tree of Life: CU Tree Project and Lessons Learned”
	2000-2030	Panel Discussion and Q & A

For details and registration: Click

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Seminar on 'Mesoscale and Urban Atmospheric Flows, Dispersion and Local Climate Change'

Speaker: Prof. Lord Julian HUNT
                 Emeritus Professor of Climate Modelling and Honorary Professor of Mathematics
                 University College London and University of Cambridge, UK
Date:        3 November 2011, Thursday
Time:       11:00 a.m.
Venue:     Room 2404, (Lift 17-18), HKUST


Abstract
'Atmospheric flows over mountains, coasts and urban areas need to be understood and modelled on scales ranging from 1000km down to a few meters. The resolution also depends on applications. Analytical perturbation methods, with the use of small computers, continue to be very effective for predicting and rapid modelling of flows and flow processes such as dispersion and local climate. These are reviewed in this lecture, with some new results on studies of winds around HKIA, and on the qualitatively different urban flows found in HK where the gap widths between buildings are significantly less than their heights. As cities in China grow at a faster rate than the time scale of national/global climate change, changes in their local climates are largely locally produced. Also the levels of artificial and natural pollution aerosols and particulates are so high that the vertical temperature gradients of the urban atmosphere and therefore the local climate are also significantly altered. So the issues of urbanization, pollution and local climate have to be considered holistically.'


For more info: http://www.envr.ust.hk/news_media/20111103_Julian_HUNT.pdf

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