20 Dec 2024獨媒#4378
香港海洋保育聯盟倡增海洋保護區 長遠覆蓋三成本港水域
The Hong Kong Marine Protection Alliance (HKMPA), comprising multiple organisations and individuals, held a sharing session on Wednesday (18th) at the University of Hong Kong’s Swire Institute of Marine Science in Cape d’Aguilar. It renewed its call to expand marine protected areas to protect Hong Kong waters, proposing that four locations—Pak Nai, Shek Kwu Wan, Three Fathoms Cove and the Ninepin Group—be designated as marine protected areas. It also proposed increasing the number of marine protected areas from the current seven to 32 by 2030, covering 30% of Hong Kong waters.
The Hong Kong Marine Protection Alliance comprises 24 organisations and 15 individuals, including the University of Hong Kong’s Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS), WWF-Hong Kong and The Nature Conservancy Hong Kong Foundation. David Baker, the alliance’s acting director and an associate professor at the University of Hong Kong, said establishing marine protected areas would also align with the Hong Kong Government’s need to enhance tourism value (a promising alignment with government agenda). The alliance called for the existing management model at Cape d’Aguilar to be used as a reference, with fishing, hunting or the collection of marine life without permission prohibited under the “No Take” principle.
由多個團體組成及個人組成的香港海洋保育聯盟（HKMPA），周三（18日）在鶴咀香港⼤學太古海洋科學研究所舉辦分享會，他們續倡擴大海洋保護區以保護香港水域，建議將本港四個水域白泥、水口、牛尾海、及果洲群島4地點劃為海洋保護區，並在2030年前將海洋保護區數量從現時的7個增至32個，覆蓋30%香港水域。
香港海洋保育聯盟由24個組織及15名人士組成，包括香港⼤學太古海洋科學研究所（SWIMS）、世界⾃然基⾦會（WWF）香港分會、⼤⾃然保護協會（TNC）香港基金會等。聯盟暫任總監，港大副教授David Baker表示，設立海洋保護區亦符合香港政府對提升旅遊價值的需求（a promising alignment with government agenda），倡參考鶴咀現有管理模式，在「No Take」的原則下禁止未經許可釣魚、捕獵或收集海洋生物。
10 Jul 2023獨媒#7955
謝展寰稱追求環保「無盡頭」 容易被人作為「反政府藉口」
The Wen Wei Po has published interviews with senior officials for several consecutive days. Today’s interview was with Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan. He said that, in addition to increasing the department’s “presence” by tackling hygiene black spots, he was explaining for the first time why organisations receiving Environmental Protection Fund subsidies are required to sign a National Security Law declaration. He said environmental issues are highly “subjective”, and that “there is no end to how far one can pursue” environmental protection, making them easy to hype up and even use as an “anti-government excuse”.
《文匯報》連續數日刊登高官訪問，今日其中一篇是有關環境及生態局局長謝展寰，他除了稱部門透過打擊衞生黑點，增加「存在感」，他又首次解釋受環保基金資助的團體，為何要簽署國安法聲明。他稱環保議題很「主觀」、「怎樣追求都沒有盡頭」，容易被炒作，甚至作為「反政府藉口」。
28 Jun 2023獨媒#7874
喵坊覓得在港新廠房 創辦人葉文琪：經營壓力未減輕
Mil Mill, Hong Kong’s only recycling plant for beverage cartons, was not offered a lease renewal for its Yuen Long plant by the Hong Kong Science Park last year and must move out when its lease expires the day after tomorrow (June 30). Mil Mill announced today that it had found a new factory site in Hong Kong for relocation, and hoped to achieve a seamless handover from the old plant. Its founder, Man Ki (1964) Yip, told Independent Media that the new factory is located in the New Territories. Although it is larger, the rent has also increased. Man Ki (1964) Yip stressed that the pressure had not eased, with resources and manpower still in short supply: “This is only the beginning.”
本港唯一紙包飲品盒回收廠「Mil Mill喵坊」的元朗廠房去年不獲科技園續租，後日（6月30日）約滿須遷出。喵坊今日公佈喜訊，指已在香港覓得新廠房重置，期望可與舊廠房無縫交接。喵坊創辦人葉文琪接受《獨媒》查詢，他透露新廠房位於新界區，雖然廠房面積更大，但租金同時增加，強調壓力未有減輕，資源人手仍然緊絀，「宜家先係開始」。
6 Feb 2023綠色和平#6013
發展局邀環保團體出席閉門簡介會 11團體拒絕出席
The Development Bureau invited environmental groups to attend a closed-door briefing, but 11 groups declined to attend.
發展局邀環保團體出席閉門簡介會 11團體拒絕出席
25 Jan 2023獨媒#5974
綠在觀塘3噸紙包飲品盒未有交喵坊 團體促環保署徹查後嚴懲
The Environmental Protection Department confirmed that after GREEN@KWUN TONG collected 3 tonnes of beverage cartons last year, it handed them to downstream recycler Baguio for processing, but Baguio did not transfer the batch to recycler “Mil Mill”. Edwin Che Feng Lau, director-general of The Green Earth, said on a radio programme today that the incident would inevitably affect public confidence in “GREEN@COMMUNITY”, and urged the Environmental Protection Department to conduct a thorough investigation and severely punish the organisations at fault, including banning them from bidding for government contracts again.
環保署證實，綠在觀塘去年在收集3噸紙包飲品盒後，交予下游回收商碧瑤處理，但碧瑤未有將該批飲品盒轉交回收商「喵坊 Mil Mill」。綠惜地球總幹事劉祉鋒今日在電台節目表示，今次事件必然影響公眾對「綠在區區」的信心，促環保署徹查事件，並嚴懲犯錯的機構，包括禁止再投標政府合約。
29 Sept 2022獨媒#2540
科技園「寬限」Mil Mill收地六個月 環保署另覓承辦商處理回收紙包盒
The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, which refused to renew the lease of Mil Mill, Hong Kong’s only paper beverage carton recycling plant, but insisted that it had consistently helped the operator, issued a statement saying that, following further review and a comprehensive assessment, it was willing to extend the grace period for moving out from three months to six months. It said this was the “final proposal”. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Department issued a press release saying it was preparing to arrange for a contractor to turn all paper beverage cartons collected at GREEN@COMMUNITY facilities into pulp.
Mil Mill said the development had come suddenly and that it needed time to discuss the matter before responding further. It noted, however, that the end-of-June 2023 “deadline” now proposed by the Science Park was no different from the original proposal and was also a grace period that made it difficult to make proper arrangements for what would follow.
拒與全港唯一紙包飲品盒回收廠喵坊Mil Mill續租、但堅稱一直幫助對方的科技園公司發聲明，稱經過進一步檢視及全面評估，願延長遷出寬限期，由三個月改為六個月，並指這是「最終方案」。同一時間，環保署亦發出新聞稿，稱正準備安排承辦商為所有在「綠在區區」設施收集到的紙包飲品盒製成紙漿。
Mil Mill回應指事出突然，需時商議並進一步作出回應，但提到科技園現時提出的2023年6月底「死線」，與最初給出的建議無差別，亦是一個難以作妥善後續安排的寛限期。
21 Sept 2022獨媒#2493
科技園稱一直有共識不續租 Mil Mill：原認知可在租址營運六年以上
The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation refused to renew the lease of Mil Mill, a recycled-paper mill located in the Yuen Long Innovation Park, citing “re-industrialisation”. Two days after the matter came to light, the corporation issued a statement saying that when Mil Mill’s parent company was granted a three-year short-term lease in 2018, it had clearly communicated the Innovation Park’s long-term development plans, and that both sides had reached a consensus that the lease would not be renewed upon expiry. Mil Mill responded that its founder had clearly told the corporation much earlier that, when it leased the site in 2018, it understood the premises could support operations for at least six years.
科技園以「再工業化」為由，拒絕與位於元朗創新園的回收紙廠「喵坊Mil Mill」續租。事件曝光兩日後，科技園發聲明回應，稱在18年Mil Mill 母公司獲批三年短期租約時，已明確傳達創新園的長遠發展計劃，指雙方有就約滿後將不獲續租達成共識。Mil Mill 回應指，創辦人早已向園方清楚表述，於18年承租時，認知相關租址能夠維持至少營運六年以上。
31 Aug 2022文匯報#2403
文匯報指11環保團體涉暴 每年獲批數千萬撥款
The 11 environmental groups participated in acts described as anti-China and disruptive to Hong Kong, including conducting so-called “charitable fundraising” activities in the name of environmental protection, during which they spread remarks expressing hatred towards the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. During the period of “black violence”, they used waste recycling stations as bases, screened films inciting violence and encouraged residents to participate in “black violence” activities. A Hong Kong Wen Wei Po investigation found that, cloaked in “environmental charity” and a “green guise”, the groups had received grants totalling millions and even tens of millions from the Environment and Conservation Fund over the past three years.
11間環團參與反中亂港惡行，包括借環保之名進行所謂的「慈善籌款」活動，其間散播仇恨香港特區政府的言論；黑暴期間，以垃圾回收站作為據點，播放煽暴電影，鼓動居民參與黑暴活動。香港文匯報記者跟進調查發現，這些環團披着「環保慈善」的「綠色外衣」，過去三年領取數以百萬甚至千萬元的環境及自然保護基金撥款。
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