Budget Speech

Promoting Green Economy

89.      In my last Budget, I proposed to promote a "green economy" and introduced a series of measures, including Hong Kong-Guangdong co-operation in environmental protection, the use of electric vehicles and promotion of green buildings. In his Policy Address, the Chief Executive further announced the development of environmental industries as one of the six industries and put forth initiatives in respect of the Cleaner Production Partnership Programme, the Clean Development Mechanism Projects, and Government Green Procurement. These initiatives have already been rolled out. In the next financial year, I will give further support in the following areas.

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