Air quality in the Hong Kong has been improving in the past 10 years but we are not yet reaching the satisfactory World Health Organization levels. While more efforts have to be put in collaboration with the Mainland Chinese region, HKUST Institute for the Environment held the RAQM-5 HK Forum on 20 November 2017 to address the following issues:

• Significance of good air on public health protection (Dr. Roland Leung) [PPT | Video]
• Regional improvements and the way forward in the Greater Bay Area development road-map (Prof. Zibing Yuan) [PPT | Video ]
• Improvements in Hong Kong and the way forward (Prof. Alexis Lau) [PPT | Video]
• Importance of exposure characterization and exposure risk management - an international perspective (Prof. Chris Frey) [PPT | Video]
• Importance and challenges in new sensor technology for exposure assessment (Dr. Gayle Hagler) [PPT | Video]
• Panel discussion (moderated by Prof. Jimmy Fun) [Video]

Event summary report [DOWNLOAD]
Media coverage:

• 21 Nov 2017 – The Standard:
  Call for more coverage over air quality
• 21 Nov 2017 – RTHK Radio 3 Hong Kong Today:
  Call for air quality monitoring to become part of Smart HK
• 21 Nov 2017 – Hong Kong Commercial Daily:
  空氣質量改善國際學術研討會昨舉行 學者倡增空氣監測站
• 21 Nov 2017 – MASTVNET:
  空氣質量改善國際學術研討會昨舉行 學者倡增空氣監測站
• 21 Nov 2017 – Oriental Daily News:
  美學者批評空氣監測站選址不當
• 21 Nov 2017 – Sky Post:
  科大新App測污染 尋空氣清新路徑
• 20 Nov 2017 – MASTVNET:
  粵港澳大灣區建設成為國家發展重要戰略 而環境質量備受關注
• 20 Nov 2017 – South China Morning Post:
  Coordinate Greater Bay Area’s environmental standards as the economies integrate, experts urge
• 20 Nov 2017 – RTHK Radio 3 News:
  Govt urged to cover city with air quality sensors
• 20 Nov 2017 – On.cc (Oriental Daily News Online):
  美學者批天台監測站難反映空氣質素
• 20 Nov 2017 – HK01:
  批本港空氣監測站不足 學者倡增監測站、提供實時資訊
• 20 Nov 2017 – Hong Kong Economic Times:
  學者冀增空氣監測站 未來可藉手機預知附近空氣質素