Hong Kong Pollution Climbs to Third-Quarter Record
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Hong Kong’s roadside air pollution reached record levels for the third quarter, putting the city’s government under more pressure to clean up the environment.
The city’s Air Pollution Index was “very high” at roadsides for 9.5 percent of the hours recorded in July, August and the first two weeks of September, government data indicated. With all three monitoring stations climbing to those levels today, Hong Kong is set to outdo the previous third-quarter record for very high pollution, 8.2 percent of recorded hours in