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+DATA COLLECTED AT THESE STATIONS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE POSURE OF THE POPULATION TO AIR POLLUTANTS OF CONCERN AND THE NSEQUENT RISKS TO HEALTH,+ MR CHAN SAID.
CHRONIC EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION COULD LEAD RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS AND COMPLICATIONS OF LUNG AND HEART .SEASES, WHILE SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE COULD CAUSE ACUTE EYE, NOSE AND THROAT IRRITATION, HE ADDED.
THE FIRST MONITORING STATION WAS SET UP IN JUNK BAY IN JULY 1981 TO STUDY LOCAL AIR QUALITY FOR THE PLANNING OF JUNK BAY NEW TOWN. OTHER STATIONS WERE SHORTLY SET UP IN KWUN TONG, CAUSEWAY BAY, TSIM SHA TSUI AND CENTRAL-WESTERN, WITH THE LATEST ADDITION IN SHAM SHUI PO.
+THE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF INDUSTR FAL, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS AND TO PROVIDE A REASONABLY EVEN SPATIAL COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE URBAN AREAS.
+EACH STATION HAS AN AUTOMATIC LOGGER THAT RECORDS DATA FROM CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING AIR QUALITY ANALYSERS. READINGS ARE TAKEN EVERY MINUTE SO THAT A FULL YEAR'S MEASUREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POLLUTANT AT A GIVEN STATION COULD TOTAL HALF A MILLION INDIVIDUAL READINGS,+ MR CHAN EXPLAINED.
AT THE MOMENT, TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE ARE MEASURED AT ALL STATIONS. NITROGEN OXIDES AND OZONE ARE MONITORED AS WELL AT TSIM SHA TSUI AND CENTRAL-WESTERN.
THE STATIONS ALSO RECORD WIND SPEED AND WIND DIRECTION WHICH AFFECT THE TRANSPORT AND DISPERSION OF AIR POLLUTANTS IN HONG KONG.
SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING, COLLATION, ANALYSIS AND STORAGE OF DATA ARE PERFORMED ON THE EPA'S MINICOMPUTER.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT AIR POLLUTANTS LIKE AIRBORNE LEAD, CARBON MONOXIDE AND HYDROCARBONS, WHICH ARE GENERATED PRIMARILY BY MOTOR VEHICLES, ARE MEASURED AT THE AGENCY'S KERBSIDE STATIONS.
YUEN LONG GETS 22 000 NEW VOTERS
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MORE THAN 22 000 PEOPLE IN YUEN LONG HAVE SIGNED UP DURING THE CURRENT VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE, AND DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF TODAY (SUNDAY) SET UP ADDITIONAL COUNTERS TO URGE MORE PEOPLE TO REGISTER IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DISTRICT OFFICE SAID THE FIGURE WAS ENCOURAGING AND THAT ABOUT SIXTY PER CENT OF THE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE HAVE REGISTERED.
THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JAMES WILSON VISITED THE COUNTERS TO ENCOURAGE HIS STAFF TO KEEP UP THEIR EFFORT.
AREAS.
FOUR OF SIX COUNTERS WERE OPERATING IN TOWN AND TWO IN RURAL
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