- 3 -
CLEAN AIR AND THE LAU
FREE EXPLANATORY HANDBOOK AVAILABLE
******
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED A SECOND EDITION OF ITS BOOKLET +CLEAN AIR AND THE LAW+ WHICH AIMS TO ASSIST THE OCCUPIER OF ANY PREMISES USING A FURNACE, OVEN OR CHIMNEY TO UNDERSTAND HIS OBLIGATIONS UIDUR THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE.
THE BOOKLET, IN CHINESE AND IN ENGLISH, IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT AT CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 4TH FLOOR, KOWLOON.
+FUEL-USERS SUCH AS RESTAURANT OWNERS AND FACTORY. PROPRIETORS ARE WELCOME TO USE OUR FREE ADVISORY SERVICE BY "RINGING 3-688924 OR 3-688954, + TIE HEAD OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT, MR. DAVID NEWBURY, SAID TODAY. +FAR TOO OFTEN FUEL-USERS ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THEY SHOULD DO TO COMPLY
· WITH THE LAU.+
+1 WOULD STRONGLY ADVISĖ RESTAURANT OWNERS AND FACTORY PROPRIETORS TO FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. ONE TELEPHONE CALL FOR FREE ADVICE WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN SAVING FUEL AND SAVING MONEY AS WELL AS DOING AWAY WITH THE RISK OF A FINE.+
MR. NEWBURY POINTED OUT THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, A KOWLOON RESTAURANT WAS FINED $4,100 THIS WEEK FOR FAILING TO OBTAIN PRIOR APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TOWN-GAS FIRED STOVES IN ITS KITCHEN.
MR. NEWBURY EXPLAINED THAT THE REGULATIONS REQUIRED THAT ANY OCCUPIER OF PREMISES WHO WISHED TO INSTALL OR MAKE ALTERATIONS TO ANY FURNACE, OVEN OR CHITNEY SHOULD SUPPLY FULL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE INSTALLATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR FOR PRIOR APPROVAL AT LEAST QU DAYS BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK.
+FUEL-USERS WHOSE FURNACE, OVEN OR CHINNEY CONSUMES MODE THAN FIVE GALLONS OF LIQUID FUEL PER HOUR, 70 POUNDS OF SOLID FUEL PER HOUR, OR 10 THERMS OF GAS PER HOUR HAVE TO APPLY, + HE SAID.
0
PRESS CONFERENCE BY TEL. COMMITTEE
**X*X X
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MR. WOO PAK-CHUEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE TELEPHONE ADW SORY COMMITTEE VILL PRESENT HIS COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW CSATURDAY).
THE PRESS CONFERENCE STARTS AT 11 A.M. IN THE 35 MM THEATRE OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, BEACONSFELD HOUSE, 5TH FLOOR.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE IT COVERED.
0
14