Tackling Roadside Air Pollution
To tackle emissions from motor vehicles, the Government has been implementing a comprehensive motor vehicle emission control programme. Our latest key measures include:
phasing out some 82 000 pre-Euro IV diesel commercial vehicles progressively by end 2019 involving an ex-gratia payment of about $11.4 billion and setting from February 2014 a maximum service life of 15 years for newly registered diesel commercial vehicles;
subsidizing the replacement of catalytic converters and oxygen sensors of LPG taxis and light buses once. After that, we will strengthen emission control on petrol and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles by using roadside remote sensing equipment and dynamometers for emission testing;
subsidizing the franchised bus companies to retrofit some 1,400 (subject to a more detailed assessment) Euro II and Euro III franchised buses with selective catalytic reduction devices to upgrade their emission performance to Euro IV or above level by the end of 2016;
subsidizing the franchised bus companies to procure six hybrid buses and 36 electric buses for trial; and
subsidizing under the $300 million Pilot Green Transport Fund the testing of green and innovative transport technologies applicable to the public transport sector and goods vehicles.