From the Financial Times: Taiwan’s government has launched an emergency package to save the island’s health insurance scheme from imminent bankruptcy. The crisis of the scheme, which is running aground only 10 years after its creation, highlights the difficulties shared by all major industrial economies in finding a way to sustainably finance social security programmes […]
Read MoreFrom the Independent : China has abruptly slowed and halted work on building 22 major dams and power stations in a dramatic greening of the policies of the world’s most populous nation. The surprise move – one of the most dramatic ever undertaken by any government – arises from rapidly growing environmental concern in China. […]
Read MoreFrom the asahi.com: China’s demand for PET bottles could cause the demise of Japan’s recycling industry. `There is the strong possibility that the recycling system in Japan will be completely destroyed in a year or two.’TAKEHIKO MATSUMOTO Japan Containers and Packaging Recycling Association For municipalities, it makes financial and environmental sense. Shipping used polyethylene terephthalate […]
Read MoreFrom The Christian Science Monitor: As many as 22 major dams and power stations under construction in China, including a key power facility at the controversial Three Gorges Dam, have slowed or stopped work pending an environmental review. In the first instance of its kind, top Chinese leaders appear to be throwing their clout behind […]
Read MoreFrom Xinhua-English: SARS and bird flu will be included as occupational diseases in Hong Kong following an amendment to Hong Kong’s Employees Compensation Ordinance. The move brings the total number of occupational diseases under the law to 48 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s Labor Department said on Monday that the amendment provides better protection to […]
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