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primarily due
to the very large numbers of disel-engined
taxis, light buses and goods vehicles, which account for
the ma jority of vehicle kilometres travelled in Hong Kong.
must therefore be a pri me target for
Diesel e missions
control.
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The
strategy
now being
considered by the
Government involves
the
introduction
all vehicles i mported
diesel and
the most stringent international
of regulations requiring
into Hong Kong, both
petrol engined, to comply with
emission
standards (probably
Japanese and/or US
standards).
This will me an,
in the case of
that catalytic
require
petrol engined vehicles,
converters must be fitted, which
lead-free petrol.
ensuring that lead-free petrol is supplied
and
used
possible.
widely in Hong Kong as soon as
exa mi ning
measures
and, if feasible,
ai med
at reducing
imp le menting
reliance on
diesel-engined vehicles.
introducing new regulations which will
enable
more
effective
control
to
be
exercised over smoke emissions from vehicles
in use.
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