SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1988
BOOKLET ON NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE
* *
AN
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS PUBLISHED INFORMATION BOOKLET ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE ENACTED IN JULY THIS YEAR.
THE BOOKLET, TITLED 'A CONCISE GUIDE TO THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE', OUTLINES THE VARIOUS CONTROL PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE IN LAYMAN'S TERMS. IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO BOTH THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR.
THIS INFORMATION BOOKLET IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES DEALING VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS ADVISING ON TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE NOISE EMISSION.
AND
WITH
THE
SPECIFICALLY, THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE DEALS WITH THE FOLLOWING FORMS OF NOISE:
* NOISE FROM DOMESTIC PREMISES AND PUBLIC PLACES (GENERAL
NEIGHBOURHOOD NOISE);
CONSTRUCTION NOISE AND PILING;
掌
NOISE FROM INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL PREMISES;
*
NOISE FROM INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OF PLANT OR EQUIPMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FROM EPD SAID PROVISIONS RELEVANT TO THE ABOVE
BE BROUGHT FORMS OF NOISE WILL
INTO OPERATION IN STAGES BY THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WHO
BR APPOINTED AS THE NOISE CONTROL AUTHORITY.
HE SAID THE PRESENT SCHEDULE OF CONTROL PROVISIONS REGARDING THE FIRST IMPLEMENTED BY MID 1989.
WILL
THREE
IMPLEMENTATION
то AIMS
HAVE FORMS OF NOISE FULLY
THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF PREPARING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE PROCESSING OF CONSTRUCTION NOISE PERMITS, TO BE INTRODUCED FOR CONTROLLING NOISE FROM GENERAL CONSTRUCTION AND PILING.
WORK
EPD
SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE REQUIRED
AND 1988 REGULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MADE BEFORE THE END OF CAN THEN STARTING RECEIVING AND PROCESSING PERMIT APPLICATIONS IN EARLY 1989.
EXERCISE
TO
TECHNICAL LEVELS
THE DEPARTMENT IS NOW CONDUCTING A RECRUITMENT FILL THE MORE THAN 40 POSTS AT THE PROFESSIONAL AND CREATED TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS. BARRING UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, OFFERS FOR ALL THE POSTS COULD BE MADE WITHIN YEAR.
THE
CURRENT
FINANCIAL
THE INFORMATION BOOKLET IS NOW AVAILABLE
IS DISTRICT OFFICES AND EPD WHICH
LOCATED AT 17TH BUILDING, 173 DES VOEUX ROAD, HONG KONG.
FREE FROM ALL SINCERE FLOOR,
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