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"THOSE EMISSION CONTROL DEVICES ARE ONLY EFFECTIVE IF ULP USED, HE SAID.
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ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, A PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD), MR BILL FARRELL, SAID ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF EXISTING PETROL VEHICLES COULD USE ULP WITHOUT ANY ADJUSTMENT AND
WITH NO ADVERSE EFFECTS.
"ONLY ABOUT SIX PER CENT CANNOT USE IT AT ALL WHILE THE REMAINING 24 PER CENT OF VEHICLES WILL REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT (10 PER CENT) OR HAVE TO USE ONE TANKFUL OF LEADED PETROL FOR EVERY THREE OR FOUR TANKFULS OF ULP (14 PER CENT), HE SAID.
UNLEADED PETROL WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL FILLING WHILE LEADED PETROL WILL BE AVAILABLE AT 40 ΤΟ 50 PER STATIONS.
IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE WIDE USE OF ULP WHEREVER THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENTIAL RATE OF DUTY BETWEEN LEADED AND PETROL TO MAKE THE LATTER $1 CHEAPER.
"THIS DUTY ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FOR THE TIME BEING, WOULD BE FIXED AT A 'REVENUE NEUTRAL' FARRELL SAID.
DETAILED INFORMATION ON ULP WILL BE PROVIDED TO AS PART OF A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN COMMENCING NEXT MONTH.
STATIONS CENT OF
POSSIBLE, UNLEADED
PURPOSES AND LEVEL, MR
ALL MOTORISTS
THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE A MOTORISTS GUIDE TO ULP, POSTERS, WALLCHARTS, A HOTLINE SERVICE, PLUS TELEVISION, RADIO AND NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS,
THE "MOTORISTS GUIDE TO UNLEADED PETROL" WILL BE MAILED TO ALL REGISTERED OWNERS OF PETROL-DRIVEN VEHICLES IN HONG KONG, FROM JANUARY 20 THROUGH MID-FEBRUARY.
THE BOOKLET CONTAINS A ULP COMPATIBILITY RATING OF MORE THAN 400 CAR MODELS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG AND
A QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SECTION.
CAMPAIGN POSTERS AND WALLCHARTS WILL BE STATIONS, MOTOR TRADER SHOWROOMS AND SELECTED FROM END OF JANUARY.
DISPLAYED IN FILLING GOVERNMENT LOCATIONS
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THE ULP HOTLINE, TO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO OBTAIN INFORMATION THE USE OF ULP, WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON FEBRUARY 1 TO COINCIDE WITH THE SERIES OF TELEVISION, RADIO AND PRINT MEDIA ADVERTISEMENTS.
MR FARRELL SAID ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF A RECENT SURVEY, ULP WOULD QUICKLY BECOME THE GRADE OF PETROL USED BY MOST HONG KONG MOTORISTS.
MEANWHILE, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1990 WILL EXPAND THE VEHICLE SMOKE CONTROL PROGRAMME CURRENTLY OPERATED BY THE EPD.
/MR FARRELL