MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1978
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MORE FACILITIES FOR KCR COMMUTERS
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A LARGE ILLUMINATED NOTICE BOARD SHOWING THE CONNECTING BUS SERVICES FOR KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE MAIN CONCOURSE OF THE STATION AT HUNG HOM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID THE BOARD SHOWING THE BUS ROUTE NUMBERS, THEIR STOPPING POINTS AND DESTINATIONS, WAS SET UP WITH THE AIM OF FACILITATING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN USING THE KOWLOON STATION.
ROUTE MAPS AND NOTICES SHOWING BUS CONNECTIONS FOR KOWLOON STATION HAVE ALSO BEEN DISPLAYED AT ALL RAILWAY STATIONS.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE CONNECTING BUS SERVICES FOR KOWLOON RAILWAY STATION MAY BE MADE AT THE ENQUIRY OFFICES OF ANY RAILWAY STATION OR TELEPHONE THE KOWLOON STATION AT 3-646321 EXTENSION 240 DURING OFFICE HOURS.
TALLER CHIMNEY SOLVES AIR POLLUTION PROBLEM ******
RESIDENTS IN TAX WAH STREET, TSUEN WAN WILL BE ABLE TO BREATHE CLEANER AIR BY THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN AN OVER $500,000 POLLUTION ABATEMENT WORK IS COMPLETED IN A TSUEN WAN DYEING FACTORY.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (MONDAY) BY MR. M.K. CHUNG, THE ACTING AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT AIR POLLUTION CAUSED BY SMOKE EMITTED FROM CHIMNEYS OF A NEARBY LARGE DYEING FACTORY.
RESULTS OF INVESTIGATIONS BY THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT INDICATED THAT THE UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN THE AREA WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE UNSATISFACTORY DISPERSION OF SMOKE FROM THE EXISTING LOW CHIMNEYS OF THE FACTORY WHICH ARE NOW SURROUNDED BY RELATIVELY MODERN HIGH RISE BUILDINGS.
MR. CHUNG SAID THAT THE EXISTING SHORT CHIMNEYS WILL BE REPLACED BY A 300 FEET CHIMNEY WHICH WILL RISE ABOVE ALL SURROUND ING BUILDINGS AND WILL HELP REDUCE THE EXISTING SMOKE NUISANCE. THE METHOD OF ELEVATED DISCHARGE IS CONSIDERED MOST SUITABLE IN THE PRESENT CASE AMONG VARIOUS AVAILABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE SULPHUR DIOXIDE CONTAMINATION PROBLEM.
MR. CHUNG COMMENDED THE FACTORY MANAGEMENT FOR THEIR CIVIC MINDEDNESS IN ACCEPTING THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S ADVICE TO CARRY OUT THE WORK AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE TO THE COMPANY.
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