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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990
IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS WERE
CONDUCTED BY THE
POLICE
IN
EACH AND EVERY CASE WHERE FIREARMS WERE USED ILLEGALLY; AND
VIA
CLOSE LIAISON WAS MAINTAINED AND INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGED BORDER LIAISON AND INTERPOL CHANNELS WITH THE CHINESE KONG AND AUTHORITIES. HIGH LEVEL MEETINGS BETWEEN THE HONG
MONITOR THE CHINESE POLICE WERE HELD ON A REGULAR BASIS TO PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL FIREARMS.
MEASURES TO PREVENT NOISE POLLUTION FROM INSHORE OPERATIONS
案
MORE IMMEDIATE THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN SEVERAL
MEASURES TO
RESIDENTS THE MITIGATE FOR NEARBY
NOISE POLLUTION CAUSED BY THE LIGHTERS, OPERATION OF SHIPYARDS, WATERFRONT CARGO HANDLING AREAS AND PARTICULARLY AT NIGHT.
AND LANDS, THE HON
(WEDNESDAY)
ENVIRONMENT THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, GRAHAM BARNES, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LEUNG WAI-TUNG.
MR BARNES SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE
THE (PCWA),
DIRECTOR THE SHAM SHUI PO PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA MARINE HAD RESTRICTED ITS WORKING HOURS FROM 8 AM TO WITH THE NORMAL WORKING HOURS OF PCWA'S OF 7 AM TO 9
FROM OF
PM,
COMPARED
7
PM.
"SPECIAL PERMITS FOR WORKING AT NIGHT, WHICH ARE OCCASIONALLY ISSUED FOR PCWA'S, WILL NOT BE ISSUED FOR SHAM SHUI PO PCWA," HE SAID.
OF
CURTAIL HEAVY HE
HAS "THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE
ALSO ADVISED THE OPERATORS PRIVATE SHIPYARDS IN THE VICINITY OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS TO
THE NOISE BY STAGGERING
EARLY MORNING
OF 'START-UP TIMES' MACHINERY AND BY REDUCING THE 'WARM-UP' PERIOD FOR THEIR ENGINES, ADDED.
POINTED ALSO
MR BARNES
OUT THAT THE NOISE FACILITIES WAS ALSO CONTROLLED UNDER PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE.
NOISE FROM SHIPYARDS
H
FROM NOISE
THESE CONTROL
AND DESIGNATED PRIVATE CARGO HANDLING SECTION 13 AREAS WAS SUBJECT TO NOISE ABATEMENT NOTICES ISSUED UNDER
CARGO HANDLING AREAS OF THE ORDINANCE, WHILE NOISE FROM PUBLIC
WA9 CONTROLLED UNDER SECTIONS 4 AND 5 AND WAS ENFORCED BY THE POLICE.
HE NOTED
SINCE THAT
PROTECTION
JANUARY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENT HAD RECEIVED
COMPLAINTS SEVEN
FROM OF NOISE EMANATING
WATERFRONT CARGO SHIPYARDS AND 16 COMPLAINTS OF NOISE EMANATING FROM HANDLING AREAS.
/ON THE