香港审计署发报告抨击当地空气质量_时事

香港审计署发报告抨击当地空气质量

For years, Hong Kong residents fed up with choking fumes have slammed the city's lackluster efforts to fight air pollution - and as it turns out, the government's own audit office agrees with them.

多年来，受够了香港空气中令人窒息烟雾的当地居民一直猛烈抨击这座城市在与空气污染作斗争方面行动不力，香港政府自己的审计机构现在也认同了这种看法。

The government's audit commission found that Hong Kong has consistently failed to reach its goals on air quality since 1987, when they were first adopted. Last year, the report found, roadside concentrations of key pollutants exceeded the government's air-quality objectives by up to 53%. Meanwhile, levels of nitrogen dioxide -- a major indicator of roadside pollution -- exceeded World Health Organization limits by 205%.

香港审计署发现，现有的空气质量指标自1987年订立以来，从未完全达标。审计署在报告中说，香港关键污染物的路边浓度去年比港府设定的空气质量目标最高超出了53%。与此同时，反映路边污染情况的重要指标二氧化氮浓度去年比世界卫生组织(World Health Organization)规定的上限高出了205%。

The report also found that last year -- which clocked record-high roadside pollution levels -- the average concentration level of nitrogen dioxide in Hong Kong was 279% higher than in Sydney, 47% higher than in London and 36% higher than in New York. Levels of 'PM10,' larger particles of air pollutants, were 220%, 100% and 153% higher than those cities, respectively.