Question No. 7
REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE TO A QUESTION BY HON YEUNG PO-KWAN, CPM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY, 9TH JANUARY 1985
Question: In
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view of the public concern over pollution problems in Hong Kong, could Government inform this Council:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Are existing legislative controls effective in noise pollution?
How many prosecutions have been brought about because of alleged excessive smoke emissions from motor vehicles in the past 12 months?
What measures are taken against drivers who make use of "their radios to warn others of kerbside smokemeter checks by the Police?
What plans are there to effect the proper disposal of industrial waste water?
Sir,
The legislative controls on noise that we have
at present are reasonably effective in dealing with the noise
problems to which they apply. For example, the ban on piling
noise at night is generally effective, as are the permit controls
on noise from construction work between the hours of 7 p.m.
and 7 a.m. and on public holidays under the Summary Offences
Ordinance, as well as the control of ventilation and air-
conditioning noise under the Public Health and Urban Services
Ordinance.
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