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CHAPTER 5
NOISE
5.1
More
exposed daily
than one million
to
road traffic.
unacceptable 1
people are
industrial,
peop le in Hong Kong are unacceptably 1 high levels of noise from Nearly half a million people are exposed to
noise and perhaps two million
excessive noise from construction,
aircraft
exposed to
commercial or domestic activities.
5.2
A
neglect of
s ma ll land area, rapid economic growth and a
environmental issues are the main reasons for
our present noise problems.
in the centre of
few
metres
of
the city,
bedroom
construction and industrial
to high-density residential
We have an airport
an airport virtually
ma jor elevated roads within a
windows and almost non-stop
activities in close proximity
and commercial developments.
Our climate makes matters worse, since windows often need
to
be open to provide ventilation.
For schools this can be
a particu lar problem and sometimes
megaphones to make themselves heard.
teachers have to use
5.3
depends
The
effect of environmental noise on
peop le
on the nature and intensity of the noise, the ti me
(1 'unacceptable' means exceeding the
planning Standar ds and Guidelines)
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