黃錦星：清新空氣藍圖引導香港成為更宜居城市
環保正在潛移默化地改變着生活，與每個人形影不離。《香港清新空氣藍圖2035》如何引導香港成為一個更宜居、更優質的城市，並朝着完全達到世界衞生組織空氣質量準則的終極目標邁進？在本集節目中，香港環境局局長黃錦星與我們分享他對環境政策的見解。
主持︰I'd like to talk about the electric vehicle as well. Financial subsidies is always a very direct way to encourage people to adopt electric vehicles. In February, the government announced to amend the first registration tax for electric vehicles. Do you think the amended arrangement can improve the adoption of electric vehicles in HK?
我想談談電動車的問題。財政補貼是一個非常直接的方式來鼓勵人們採用電動汽車，在2月份，政府宣布修改電動汽車的首次登記稅，您認為修改後的安排是否能推動人們在香港使用電動車？
嘉賓︰A good question. In order to improve the air quality, particularly the roadside air quality, and also to help decarbonization to meet HK's path is to meet the carbon neutrality before 2050. It's not easy, but that's why we launched HK's first ever road map on the popularization of electric vehicles, in short, EV.
這是個好問題。為了改善空氣質素，特別是路邊的空氣質素，同時也為了幫助減碳，以達到香港計劃在2050年前實現碳中和的目標，這是不容易的，但這就是為什麼我們推出了香港首個電動車普及路線圖。
The good news is, HK's number of EV have been increasing. You can see that on this table, among the 10 major economies in the world, HK is among the top most. The good news is that in the past year, one out of every eight newly registered private cars were EV. The latest figure is that, within the first five months of this year, up to almost 20 percent. That means every five new private cars, one is EV. Also, in the very recent two months, one out of four. So, very close to 25% to 30%, and it's the highest amount of cities in Asia.
好消息是，香港的電動車數量一直在增加。你可以在這個表格中看到，在全球10個主要經濟體中，香港名列前茅。在過去一年，每8輛新註冊的私家車中就有1輛是電動車，而最新的數據是在今年的前五個月內，達到了近20%，這意味着每五輛新的私家車中就有一輛是電動汽車。在最近的兩個月裏，每四輛中就有一輛，比例接近25%到30%，也是亞洲電動車佔比最高的城市。
主持︰Wow, we ranked the third all around the world!
哇！我們在世界範圍內排名第三！
嘉賓︰Yeah, but certainly we welcome more supply, because HK does not manufacture cars. So that's why on one hand, we'd like to welcome more supply of the electric vehicles and other low energy vehicles. At the same time, we have to solve our problem about charging.
沒錯，但當然，我們也歡迎更多的供應，因為香港並不生產汽車，這就是為什麼我們歡迎更多的電動車和其他低能耗車輛的供應，同時我們也要解決充電的問題 。
主持︰I have checked the HK Planning Standards and Guidelines. It says that the HK longer term targets is that, as far as private cars are concerned, 30 percent are EVs or hybrid by 2020. Of course we know that we are going towards our aim. The government has once said it is simply a vision, so now with the formulation of the clean air plan and the new road map, HK will ban fossil fuel power cars from 2035, with a target of zero carbon emission by 2050. Do you think this is feasible? And what will be the challenges?
我查過「香港規劃標準與準則」，就私家車而言，香港的長期目標是到2020年，電動車或混合動力車佔30%。當然，我們都知道現時正朝着我們的目標前進。政府曾經說過，這只是一個願景，現在隨着清新空氣藍圖的制定和新推出的路線圖，香港將從2035年起禁止使用化石燃料的汽車，以實現到2050年實現零碳排放的目標，你認為這是否可行？以及會遇到什麼挑戰？
嘉賓︰There are various challenges. We'd like to have more supply of the new energy vehicles. At the same time, we have to solve the local problem, in particular about charging. So that's why we launched this road map to be very comprehensive, setting target initiatives, covering various aspects in relation to the popularization of EV.
各種挑戰都有。我們希望有更多的新能源汽車的供應，同時亦必須解決本地的問題，特別是充電問題。這就是為什麼我們推出這個路線圖，非常全面，而且設定多個目標、涵蓋各方面，以普及電動車。
And I would like to highlight that there are two particular milestones. One is to ban the new sales of conventional private cars before 2035, and ultimately that will go towards zero vehicle emissions before 2050. The local charging infrastructure is a very important aspect, but the progress in HK in recent years is pretty encouraging, as we see on the graph. So, we have confidence that with the collaboration by the trade and also the drivers, we can meet our targets. From a very practical point of view, electric vehicle takes a very long time to charge, therefore, having sufficient charging stations all around HK is very important in promoting the adoption of electric vehicles
我想強調有兩個特別的時間點，一個是在2035年之前停止銷售傳統的私人汽車，另一個就是最終在2050年前實現車輛零排放。充電基礎設施也是一個非常重要的方面，但香港近年來的進展相當令人鼓舞，正如我們在圖上看到的。因此我們有信心，在業界和私家車司機的合作下，我們可以實現目標。從實際角度來看，電動汽車需要很長的時間來充電 ，因此足夠的充電站對推廣電動車非常重要。
主持︰Do you have any plans on improving the charging network in HK? And mentioning parking, is the government going to introduce the smart parking innovations to solve the parking problem in HK?
當局是否有計劃改善香港的充電網絡？政府是否打算引入智能停車創新技術來解決香港的停車問題？
嘉賓︰A very good question. That's why the e-road map covers various aspects about a EV charging. I would like to highlight that in the little buildings about 10 years ago, HK already had the policy to encourage the new developments to integrate EV ready parking space. You can see from the picture that those are newly built buildings. They make the car park 100% EV-ready, and also some of them even install the medium chargers, so as to facilitate both the occupants, and also the people going to the shopping mall, can have the charging much easier.
好問題，這就是為什麼電子路線圖要涵蓋電動車充電的各個層面。一個是大約10年前，我們已經有政策在小型樓宇裏，鼓勵新的工程專案納入電動車的停車位。從圖片中可以看到，這些新建樓宇的停車場完全適合電動車，其中一些甚至安裝了中速充電器，為居住者和去購物的人提供便利，讓他們更容易充電。
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