VEHICULAR EMISSIONS AND CONTROL POLICIES IN HONG-KONG

This paper briefly analyzes the state of vehicular pollution and contr ol measures in Hong Kong. Vehicular emissions contribute largely to Ho ng Kong's air pollution and will become more important as the vehicle fleet expands. Hong Kong is unique in that a large fraction of its veh icles use diesel engines. The analysis here explicitly accounts for th e composition of emissions and quantifies the relative magnitude of em issions by each of the five main sources: private cars, taxis, light b uses, heavy buses, and lorries. The paper analyzes alternative polluti on control policies with respect to effectiveness and efficiency.