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excessive smoke. The Transport Department examines vehicle
emissions in the course of its annual inspections of certain
classes of vehicle. The police continue to stop excessively ·
smoky vehicles and to issue owners with fixed penalty
tickets or examination orders as appropriate.
بھر
The initial results of the vehicle smoke control
programme appear to be encouraging as indicated by the high pass rate obtained at the testing centre. The Environmental
Protection Department will however review the present
arrangements after they have been in force for six months.
In addition, it is considered that there may be room for
improvement in emission standards and we intend to undertake
a thorough review of these standards and to introduce
amendments to the legislation, if necessary.