E. Environmental Expenditure & Benefits

 

Last year EMSD spent HK$11.56M on capital works and other non-recurrent Provision on environmental protection and control works to transform our policy into action. The associated personal emolument provision for the above had accounted for HK$6.073M on activities associated with the various initiatives on environmental protection, conservation and waste reduction initiatives (See table below).

 

Item

Activities/Area of Contributions

Personal

Emolument

Capital Works and Other Non-recurrent Provision

 

 

HK$M

HK$M

1

Establishment and implementing ISO14001 Environmental Management System

$5.013

$1.560

2

Energy efficiency and related projects

$0.319

$8.000

3

Air pollution monitoring and control

$0.498

$2.000

4

Chemical waste management and disposal

$0.243

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Total: (HK$M):

$6.073

$11.56

 

Environmental Benefits

 

We believe that such expenditure would gradually pay off as environmental dividends by raising the environmental awareness of our staff as well as the public in general. Our investment on various feasibility studies and the subsequent recommendation to implement environmental friendly systems and infrastructure would benefit the public in making Hong Kong to become one of the cleanest metropolitan cities in the world.