The hotel sector has launched a glass recycling programme. Collected containers will be crushed into glass sand to replace natural river sand in paving blocks' production.

Five hectares of land in Clear Water Bay Country Park will be excised from the existing park area for the South East New Territories Landfill extension, the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department says.

The Environmental Protection Department has rated water quality at all eight open beaches as 'good' for this weekend. Other beaches are closed to swimmers for winter.

The Environment Bureau plans to table proposed legislation on the mandatory implementation of the Building Energy Codes to the Legislative Council in 2009, Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau says.

Hong Kong's largest professional telescope is about to go into service at the newly completed Space Museum Sai Kung iObservatory.