WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1974
CUT AIR POLLUTION CAND FUEL BILLS) BY IMPROVING BURNING SYSTEMS
LABOUR COMMISSIONER TELLS INDUSTRIAL ISTS
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FACTORIES IN HONG KONG COULD CUT THEIR FUEL BILLS BY AS MUCH AS 25 PER CENT BY USING MORE SOPHISTICATED METHODS OF BURNING FUEL, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. IAN PRICE, SAID TODAY.
MR. PRICE WAS SPEAKING AFTER VISITING THE HENG TAI COTTON WEAVING FACTORY IN TUEN MUN - IN THE HEART OF HONG KONG'S LATEST SMOKE CONTROL AREA, YUEN LONG-TUEN MUN. CONTROL OF THE AREA CAME INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 10.
THE COMMISSIONER WAS ACCOMPANIED BY MR. DAVID NEWBURY, THE DEPARTMENT'S AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER, AND MR. BARRY WALSH, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION OFFICER.
MR. PRICE SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE HENG TAI MANAGEMENT'S EFFICIENT USE OF MODERN FUEL-BURNING TECHNIQUES, WHICH SAVED FUEL AND PREVENTED POLLUTION.
HE REVEALED THAT INSPECTORS FROM THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT HAD CONDUCTED SMOKE TESTS ON THE FACTORY FOUR TIMES SINCE JULY LAST YEAR. EACH TIME THE CHIMNEY EMMISSIONS WERE WELL WITHIN THE LIMITS LAID DOWN UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE.
+THIS FACTORY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE TO OTHERS AND POINTS TO THE NECESSITY OF PROPERLY BURNING FUEL,+ MR. PRICE SAID. +THE MANAGEMENT HAS APPLIED A COMMONSENSE ATTITUDE THAT HAS PRODUCED REAL SAVING IN FUEL BILLS - AND DIMINISHED AIR POLLUTION.
+FACTOR IES AND PLANTS THAT DO NOT USE THIS APPROACH MAY BE COSTING THEMSELVES AT LEAST 25 PER CENT MORE FOR FUEL. QUITE UNNECESSARY, BECAUSE THE EXPERTS IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT THIS IS ARE READY TO GIVE FREE ADVICE ON HOW TO OBTAIN THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT AT THE CHEAPEST COST,+ HE ADDED.
MR. PRICE SAID POLLUTION CONTROL WAS PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT IN YUEN LONG AND TUEN MUN BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAD BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS A DEVELOPMENT AREA INTO WHICH INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION WOULD BE INTRODUCED IN A PLANNED AND ORDERLY FASHION.
HE ADDED: +WITH THE GAZETTING OF THE NEW SMOKE CONTROL AREA WE ARE NOW ABLE TO ENSURE THAT EVERY NEW FACTORY INSTALLS AN EFFIC JENT BOILER, COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND PROPERLY DESIGNED CHIMNEY.+ THE COMMISSIONER WAS ESCORTED OVER THE PLANT BY THE FACTORY MANAGER, MR. LO KWONG-CHIN.
MR. LO SAID LATER: +WE MUCH APPRECIATE THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S AIMS OF REDUCING AIR POLLUTION. AND IN BUSINESS, WHERE OUR MAIN CONCERN IS AN ECONOMIC ONE, WE HAVE FOUND THAT USING THE PROPER METHODS HAS RESULTED IN REAL SAVINGS - ABOUT 25 PER CENT IN OUR CASE.+
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