MONDAY, JULY 30, 1984
ANOTHER SITE, ALSO FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL USE AND LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL AND POSSESSION STREET, WAS BOUGHT BY FULLAGAR LAND INVESTMENT LTD.
BIDDING FOR THE 1 176-SQUARE-METRE SITE OPENED AND CLOSED AT $35 MILLION ($29 762 PER SQUARE METRE).
TWO OTHER SITES FOR INDUSTRIAL AND GODOWN PURPOSES, LOCATED AT CHAI WAN AND SAI KUNG, WERE WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THERE WERE NO BIDS.
COMMENTING ON THE SALE, TE AUCTIONEER, GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR TIM MILLS, SAID HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS.
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A IR POLLUTION CONTROL LAW WELL RECEIVED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO ADOPT A POLICY OF PERSUASION AND TECHNICAL ADVICE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE SINCE COMING INTO FORCE ON OCTOBER 1 LAST YEAR.
THE ORDINANCE REPLACED THE PREVIOUS CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE, WITH AN EXPANSION IN THE SCOPE OF CONTROL TO COVER ALL FORMS OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN ADDITION TO SMOKE.
THE EXPANDED SCOPE OF CONTROL HAS PROVED TO BE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL FOR THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT TO HANDLE AIR POLLUTION COMPLAINTS CAUSED BY EMISSIONS FROM STATIONARY SOURCES SUCH AS FURNACE, OVEN, ENGINE OR INDUSTRIAL PLANT.
BY THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR, 5 105 INSPECTION VISITS WERE MADE TO POTENTIAL POLLUTING PREMISES AND 1 361 COMPLAINTS WERE HANDLED, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
AND 859 WRITTEN WARNINGS AND ADVICES WERE ISSUED, AND 264 SETS OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS APPLYING FOR INSTALLATION OR ALTERATION OF FURNACE, OVENS OR CHIMNEYS WERE PROCESSED.
AT THE SAME TIME, ALL 62 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT UNDER THE ORDINANCE RESULTED IN CONVICTIONS, WITH FINES RANGING FROM $250 TO $5 000.
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