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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1975
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT HELPS KEEP DOWN
SHOG AND FUEL COSTS
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HONG KONG INDUSTRY'S FUEL BILL HAS BEEN SLASHED BY 10 PER CENT OR AT LEAST $35 MILLION A YEAR AS A RESULT OF ADVICE FROM THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
AND WITHOUT THAT ADVICE, $35 MILLION WORTH OF EXCESS FUEL OIL WOULD HAVE BEEN INCOMPLETELY DURNT, CAUSING HIGHER LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION, THE HEAD OF THE UNIT, IR. DAVID NEUDURY, TOLD TODAY'S LUNCHEON OF THE Y'S MEN'S CLUB OF HONG KONG.
IN COMPARISON, THE OPERATION OF THE UNIT COST LESS THAN
$2 MILLION A YEAR,
MR. NEWBURY TOLD THE LUNCHEON THAT THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTHEUT HAD BEEN SET UP IN EARLY 1971, A FEW YEARS AFTER HONG KONG'S FIRST SMOKE ADATEMENT ADVISOR HÁD DEEN APPOINTED AS A RESULT OF GOVERIMENT DETERMINATION THAT LIONG KONG'S BURGEONING INDUSTRIAL GROWTHI WOULD NOT MEAN A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL SMOKE POLLUTION PROBLEM,
MR. NEWBURY SAID THAT CONTRARY TO WHAT MIGHT BE THOUGHT HIS WORK AS AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER DID NOT CONCENTRATE ON PURSUING AND PROSECUTING FACTORIES AND RESTAURANTS FOR VIOLATING THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE. IN FACT, ONLY 20 PER CENT OF THE TIME OF HIS SMOKE INSPECTORATE WAS TAKEN UP BY WORK CONNECTED WITH PROSECUTIONS.
+BY FAR THE LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR TIME IS TAKEN UP IN THE PROVISION OF A FREE ADVISORY SERVICE TO INDUSTRY ON ENERGY USAGE, HE SAID.
+WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT OVER 4,800 FILES ON COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USERS OF FUELS. EACH OF THESE 4,800 FUEL-USERS OR CLIENTS, AS WE LIKE TO THINK OF THEM HAS, AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, RECEIVED OUR PERSONAL ADVICE OR GUIDANCE ON FUEL USAGE, PROCESS CONTROL, MAINTENANCE OR CHIMNEY DESIGN.
+YOU MAY WONDER WHY WE PROVIDE SUCH A SERVICE FREE TO INDUSTRY. IT COULD BE SAID THAT SUCH ADVICE AND GUIDANCE, GIVEN DY A QUALIFIED PRIVATE CONSULTANT, WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID FOR BY INDUSTRY, AND IN THAT CASE WHY SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT FOOT THE BILL?
+MY ANSWER TO THAT IS SIMPLE. EVERY BIT OF ADVICE ACCEPTED BY THE +CLIENT HEANS THAT FUEL IS CONGUDIED MORE ECONCHICALLY, OR THAT A WASTE BY-PRODUCT WHICH FORMERLY CAUSED POLLUTION IS CAPTURED AND POSSIBLY RE-CYCLED AS SALEABLE COMMODITY.
+THIS MEANS THAT ATMOSPERIC POLLUTION IS KEPT TO A MINIMUM
AND THAT SURELY IS THE OBJECT OF THE GANE,+
MR. NEWBURY URGED INDUSTRIALISTS AND COMMERCIAL FUEL USERS TO CONTACT THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT (3-688954) TO GET ADVICE ON HOW TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION AND AT THE SAME TIME CUT THEIR FUEL BILLS.
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