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Friday, December 15, 1972
Specifications required to be submitted include details of the
grade, type, and quantity of fuel to be used, the expected working hours of
the appliances, details of any automatic controls, and information or any
method of controlling the consumption of fuel and the admission of air.
Also required are structural details of any chimney, and details
of any stoking device to be used with solid fuel of any burner appliance to
be fitted to a furnace using liquid or gaseous fuel.
Contraventions of these regulations constitute an offence, punishable
by fines of up to $5,000 and an additional fine of $50 for each day on which
the offence continues.
The court may also order the occupier to cease operating or to dismantle
the appliance.
Free Advice
The Smoke Abatement Adviser said: "Trained officers of the smoke
inspectorate of the Labour Department will give free advice to members of the
public on the thermal efficiency of any design for furnace, oven, chimney or
flue."
He said: "Tests carried out in the United Kingdom by the National
Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service show that the installation of badly-designed
plant can result in a 20%
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25% wastage of fuel. This percentage of wastage
is probably higher in Hong Kong.'
He believed that enforcement of the regulations by the smoke inspectorate
would lead to an appreciable saving in fuel costs to operators, and would
provide a cleaner atmosphere for the general public.
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