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Less than 10% of Hong Kong people walk for half an hour a day World Green Organization: Walking instead of short-distance transportation helps reduce carbon emissions

2022-08-04T11:18:38.913Z


The extremely hot weather in the past July has broken records for 21 days. The environmental group World Green Organization earlier commissioned a market research agency to conduct a survey on Hong Kong people's walking habits, and found that


The extremely hot weather in the past July has broken records for 21 days.

The World Green Organization, an environmental group, commissioned a market research agency to conduct a survey on Hong Kong people's walking habits. The results found that only 7.8% of the interviewed Hong Kong people could walk for at least half an hour a day every week; at the same time, 9.8% of the respondents said that there is no day a week for walking for half an hour.

More than half of the respondents believe that rushing or saving time, or going out with heavy or large objects are the main reasons for choosing to take a car instead of walking.


Yu Yuancheng, CEO of the World Green Organization, said that in the face of an aging population in Hong Kong, walking more is good for health. The World Health Organization also states that walking is moderately beneficial to health.

He also pointed out that transportation is the second largest source of carbon emissions in Hong Kong. By developing walking habits and reducing the use of short-distance transportation, it will help reduce carbon emissions and help Hong Kong achieve its carbon neutrality goal by 2050.


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Hong Kong people walk less World Green Organization: Worrying

The World Green Organization commissioned a market research firm to interview 500 adult Hong Kong citizens in the form of a street questionnaire in June this year.

The results show that 19.4% of the respondents only walk for at least 30 minutes on average two days a week; 9.8% say that there is no one day where they can walk for half an hour a day.

As for the respondents who can walk at least half an hour a day, 7 days a week, only 7.8%, a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from 8.4% in a similar survey last year.

The survey also showed that 33.8% of the respondents chose to take transportation instead of walking because they were in a hurry or wanted to save time; 22.4% had difficulty walking to their destination due to heavy or large objects; Factors in choosing a route to a destination.

The world is facing more and more frequent threats of extreme weather.

The survey results show that only 7.6% of the respondents believe that they are responsible for climate change; 38.8% believe that the government is responsible; 23.8% believe that the transportation industry should be responsible.

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Yu Yuancheng: Transport is the second largest source of carbon emissions in Hong Kong

The World Green Organization described the lack of walking habits among Hong Kong people as worrying.

Yu Yuancheng, the chief executive of the organization, said that the extremely hot weather in July this year has broken many records. He described it as "a challenge for 15 minutes on the street", and hoped that the public could reduce carbon by walking more.

Yu explained that transportation is the second largest source of carbon emissions in Hong Kong. If the public can reduce the use of short-distance transportation by walking, it will help reduce carbon emissions and help Hong Kong achieve its carbon neutrality goal by 2050.

He continued that the World Health Organization also stated that walking is a moderately beneficial exercise for health. In the face of an aging population in Hong Kong, it is also beneficial for people to walk more.

"Queen of the Sword of Smile" Jiang Min: I like to fight the sword the most, and then I like to travel

Known as the "Queen of the Swordsman", Hong Kong team fencing representative Jiang Minxi said that when he competes in foreign countries, he has jet lag and when he can't sleep, he will go downstairs or take a walk. .

Jiang Minxi also used the previous training in France as an example, saying, "If I can do Google Maps for an hour, I can do it."

Hong Kong people are famous for their fast pace. Jiang Minxin believes that walking is "fast and slow". Slowness can give you time to think about life problems and appreciate the surrounding environment, while fast is suitable for people who like to "fight fast" with front, back, left and right. , she recalled that she liked to play like this when she was a child.

Jiang continued to say that now that global warming is serious, to support walking to reduce carbon emissions, especially athletes who often go abroad for competitions and take flights, she "needs to do more."

The Environment and Ecology Bureau must be more active in reducing carbon during a heat wave. July 21 was extremely hot, and set a monthly record. The Central Meteorological Observatory is expected to generate 1 or 2 typhoons within 10 days. Observatory: The extremely hot weather broke 11 records. !

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Source: hk1

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