The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region May 5 unanimously passed a nonbinding motion to improve air quality, partly in response to worsening air pollution and recent sandstorms that blew in from mainland China, legislators said.rnThe motion called for a better early warning system for air pollution, specific guidelines for suspending school and work when Air Pollution Index levels are "severe" and "extremely severe," low emissions zones in areas with serious air pollution, more support and subsidies for replacing high-emissions vehicles, adoption of more stringent World Health Organization standards as Hong Kong's air quality objectives, and better coordination with the neighboring Chinese province of Guangdong on air pollution control.
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