Tourism is one of the most important factor of economy growth in Hong Kong. Mention to Hong Kong, lots of people think of shopping, attraction and crowd (the dense population). Hong Kong is not a big city, but its population is 7.03 million, and the record of tourists in one years is around 22 million. In these few years, more and more tourists complain that the air pollution in Hong Kong makes them choke. The Air pollution is already become a serious problem in Hong Kong. It is hard to maintain the balance between the lucrative tourism business and the environmental protection.
According to this situation, the Hong Kong government has to take action, making the policies to relevant pollution source. First of all, the government tries to reduce the use of diesel. It carries out the voluntary schemes to reduce the diesel vehicles, but this policy doesn't work efficiently. Secondly, it aims to decrease the harmful pollutants to improve energy savings and efficiency in all public and private place in Hong Kong. Thirdly, the government takes a strong action in the tobacco control. All the tobacco retailers have to apply for licenes, and all people have to pay high taxes for buying tobacco in Hong Kong. In 2006, the government force that smoking is no longer allowed in public indoor areas.
Hong Kong is a really beautiful city, but the serious air pollution makes people not like it any more. Does anyboby think about what leads this beautiful city become like that? Is that true you have nothing to do with this situation? Lots of people always regret what they have done, but why not to spend some time in thinking before you do? The environment will not get better if we don't protect it, and the air will not be clean if we do nothing.
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