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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1989
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MAGISTRATE HAD REMARKED THAT THE PRESENT MAXIMUM FINE APPEARED TO HAVE LOST ITS DETERRING
AND EFFECT THAT THE COURT WOULD TAKE A SERIOUS VIEW OF SIMILIAR REPETITIVE OFFENCES.
CONSIDERING REGULATIONS
LIMIT
AS WELL AS
AT PRESENT. THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. THE EPD WAS PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (SMOKE) WITH A VIEW OF TIGHTENING THE DARK SMOKE EMISSION RAISING THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR THE OFFENCE.
EFFORTS
THE AIR CONTROL GROUP OF THE EPD HAD BEEN MAKING GREAT IN THE CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION IN TSUEN WAN AND KWAI TSING DISTRICTS SINCE THE DECLARATION OF THE TSUEN WAN-KWAI CHUNG AIR CONTROL ZONE JANUARY 1987. THE SPOKESMAN ADDED,
IN
LAST YEAR. A TOTAL OF 97
CONVICTIONS WERK THIS AIR CONTROL SMOKE EMISSIONS WITHIN RANGED FROM $1.500 TO $5.000.
ENTERED FOR DARK ZONE. THE FINES IMPOSED
VENTILATION OF FACTORY CANTEENS PUT UNDER CONTROL
THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES (AMENDMENT OF SECOND SCHEDULE ORDER 1989 WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY) TO INCLUDE FACTORY CANTEENS IN THE LIST OF SCHEDULED PREMISES UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE.
"THIS WOULD PUT THE VENTILATION OF FACTORY CANTEEN PREMISES UNDER THE SAME STATUTORY CONTROLS AS OTHER SCHEDULED PREMISES LIKE RESTAURANTS, DANCE HALLS, FUNERAL PARLOURS, CINEMAS AND THEATRES,
AND UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH
AND ORDINANCE
THE VENTILATION OF SCHEDULED PREMISES BY-LAWS MADE UNDER IT," THE HYGIENE ADVISER OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH, DR MOHAMED ALI, SAID.
MUNICIPAL SERVICES
HE STRESSED THAT THESE CONTROLS WERE NECESSARY TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH AND TO ENSURE
SAFETY WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE GATHERED IN A CONFINED AREA FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.
FIRE
NOT
"PREVIOUSLY. VENTILATING SYSTEMS OF FACTORY CANTEENS. BEING SCHEDULED PREMISES, WERE CONTROLLED UNDER THE BUILDINGS
BUILDING ORDINANCE AND THE
(VENTILATING SYSTEMS) REGULATIONS MADE
ENSURING UNDER IT. THEY SERVE MAINLY FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF SAFETY IN SUCH BUILDINGS WHERE VENTILATING SYSTEMS ARE INSTALLED.
FIRE
"THE AMENDMENT ORDER WHICH COMES INTO IMMEDIATE EFFECT TODAY
FACTORY REQUIRES ALL
CANTEENS TO MEET THE SPECIFIRD VENTILATION STANDARD OF PROVIDING AN AMOUNT OF 17
OF 17 CUBIC METRES PER HOUR OF OUTSIDE AIR PER PERSON INSIDE THE CANTEEN," HE SAID.
/THE VENTILATING