Residents can apply for the government’s subsidy to scrap scooters and other kinds of vehicles with two-stroke engines starting next Wednesday until the end of June, Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Vice Director Ip Kuong Lam said yesterday.
Ip made the announcement while addressing a press conference about the plan at the bureau.
Ip said the 3,500 pataca subsidy scheme, promulgated by Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On yesterday and taking effect today, aims to encourage residents to give up their two-stroke engine vehicles which produce more exhaust emissions than those which have four-stroke engines.
Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) Director Raymond Tam Vai Man (centre), flanked by DSPA Vice Director Ip Kuong Lam (left) and Transport Bureau (DSAT) Vehicles Division Chief Chan Io Fai, addresses a press conference yesterday on the DSPA premises about the subsidy plan to scrap two-stroke engine vehicles.
Photo: Annie Cheung
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