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FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1974
YUEN LONG-TUEN MUN LATEST SMOKE CONTROL AREA
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THE COMBINED AREA OF YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN IS TODAY
DECLARED AS HONG KONG'S SIXTH SHOKE CONTROL AREA.
THE NEW SMOKE CONTROL AREA COVERS ABOUT 85 SQUARE MILES, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE LAND AREA OF HONG KONG SO FAR DESIGNATED AS SMOKE CONTROL AREAS.
THE DECLARATION IS DUE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1974. UNDER THE NOTICE, PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S COVERMENT GAZETTE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN TUEN KUN AND YUEH LONG ARE GIVEN 21 DAYS TO COMMENT ON THE DECLARATION.
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER, MR. DAVID NEWBURY, SAID TODAY: THE DECISION TO DECLARE THE YUEN LONG-TUSH MUN AREA IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT EZCAUSE THE AREA HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A DEVELOPMENT AREA INTO WHICH INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMODATION WILL BE INTRODUCED IN A PLANNED AND ORDERLY FASHION.
+SO, PERHAPS FOR THE FIRST TICE IN HONG KONG, WE SHALL HAVE ESTABLISHED ANTI-POLLUTION LEGISLATION EEFORE THE POTENTIAL POLLUTERS ARRIVE.
+THIS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS MAINTAINED FOR THIS AREA IN THE YEARS TO CO.
+WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SHA TIN, THE NOU AREA DIFFERS FROM ALL THE PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED SHOKE CONTROL AREAS IN THAT IT IS IN THE MAIN A COUNTRY AREA. AGRICULTURE IS ITS NAIN COCUPATION, AND THERE IS ONLY RELATIVELY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, CENTRED ON TUEN KUN AND YUEN LONG.+
MR. NEWBURY SAID HIS UNIT'S ACTIVITIES LOULD CE INTENSIFIED IN THE NEW CONTROL AREA OVER THE NEXT SIX CTHS, SO THAT ALL EXISTING AND. HEV FUEL USERS WOULD RECEIVE ADEQUATE ADVICE ON WAYS TO AVOID AERIAL POLLUTION.
HE SAID: +AS THE NEW SHOKE CONTROL AREA COINCIDES WITH THE DECLARED DEVELOPMENT AREA, ANY FUEL USER PLANNING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA WOULD BE WELL ADVISED TO STUDY THE CLEAN AIR CFURNACES, OVEN AND CHIMNEYS) INSTALLATION AND ALTERATION) REGULATIONS 1972.
+THESE REGULATIONS MAKE IT COMPULSORY FOR HIM TO SUBMIT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF ALL FUEL BURNING EQUIPUT, FURNACE AND CHINNEYS TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S AIR POLLUTIC CONTROL UNIT FOR APPROVAL BEFORE BUILDING BEGINS SO LE CAN MAKE SURE THEY WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO POLLUTION.+
MR. NEWBURY POINTED OUT THAT THE. DARK CHOKE WHICH CAUSED AIR POLLUTION WAS A RESULT OF INEFFICIENT EURING. EFFICIENT BURDING NOT ONLY SAVES FUEL BUT ALSO SAVES YOU FROM A FINE WHICH MAY ARISE OUT OF AN OFFENCE UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE,+ HE SAID.
+ANY FUEL USER CAN GET FREE ADVICE ON HOU TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AND AT THE SAME TIME SAVE FUEL COSTS BY RIDGING HEMBERS OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT ON 3-688924 OR 3-583954-+
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