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Thursday, March 15, 1973
TSUEN WAN TO BE SMOKE CONTROL AREA
May 15.
Tsuen Wan will become a Smoke Control Area with effect from
The Colonial Secretary will make a declaration to this effect under
Section 7 of the Clean Air Ordinance in the Gazette tomorrow (Friday).
Members of the public will have 21 days to make recommendations or
objections regarding the declaration.
Commenting on the declaration, Mr. K. Higginson, Smoke Abatement
Adviser of the Labour Department, said: "This will be the fourth Smoke Control
Area of the Colony.
"The other three areas
respectively
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which were gazetted in 1960, 1962 and 1964
are Kwun Tong, Sha Tin and North Point.
"An occupier of any premises within these areas who operates any
furnace, oven or chimney which emits dark smoke for more than six minutes in
any period of four hours, or for more than three minutes continuously at any
one time, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of $2,000,"
Mr. Higginson pointed out that the emission of smoke darker than the
legally permitted level was a result of faulty and wasteful combustion techniques.
"It is hoped," he said, "that the declaration will lead to the adoption
of improved methods of combustion thus reducing operating costs as well as
air pollution in Tsuen Wan, which is one of the worst areas as far as dark
smoke is concerned.
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