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4.26
The
depletion
increase in the a mount
earth's
of the ozone layer will cause an
of ultra violet light reaching the
surface, which in turn will have harmful effects on
human health, such as increased incidences of skin cancer,
and on other organisms, ecosystems and materials useful to
Changes to the oz one layer ma y have serious
man.
consequences also for weather and climate.
4.27
The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the
Ozone Layer 1989 and the Protocol to the Convention known
as the Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer
1987 app ly
to Hong Kong following Hong Kong's inclusion in
the United Kingdom's ratification of these treaties. The
effect of the Protocol is that Hong Kong must now introduce
controls on the manufacture and consumption of CFCs, and on
halons in a few years.
The necessary legislative and
administrative controls are being prepared.
Incinerators
THE WAY FORWARD
OTHER AIR POLLUTION STRATEGIES
4.28
Incinerators are a ma jor source of pollution in
the urban areas. They account for approximately 18% of all
respirable particu lates emitted into the atmosphere of the
territory and can be a source also of trace quantities of
high ly
Government therefore intends to
toxic substances.
phase out the existing municipal incinerators as land-based
disposal facilities are introduced to replace them. (see
para. 2.16)
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