(2023年1月20日 專欄) 近期國際油氣價格雖有回落,但仍然持續推高通漲的燃料開支,令大家的荷包變薄。美國總統拜登去年便指油商發戰爭財,「賺錢多過上帝」(made more money than God);聯合國秘書長古特雷斯也毫不留情地批評油氣企業「醜惡貪婪」,在俄烏戰爭期間牟取厚利並不道德,呼籲各國向油企的暴利徵稅,把所得用於支援弱勢社羣。
〈賺錢有罪咩?〉這篇文章最早發佈於《The Green Earth》。
(12 January 2023 SCMP)
Many people, including me, hoped that some of the undesirable practices of the former administration would improve under the leadership of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu. Six months in, clearly this has not happened.
〈Hong Kong’s bad old practices on plastic waste continue despite new policies〉這篇文章最早發佈於《The Green Earth》。
(14 December 2022 SCMP)
Hong Kong people and businesses will have to dig deeper from next month to pay higher electricity tariffs. Taking into account the rise in fuel clause charges, customers will effectively be paying CLP Power and HK Electric 19.8 per cent and 45.6 per cent more respectively by the coming January, compared with the start of the year.
〈What Hong Kong can do differently as power bills rise〉這篇文章最早發佈於《The Green Earth》。