NG SHING-
WONG CHUK
7.2.91
YIN
HANG
(SAILOR OF
BARGE
ESTATE, ABERDEEN
NO. HB1002)
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NOTE:
APCO: AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE
NCO: NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE DASO: DUMPING AT SEA ACT 1974
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1991
5,000
1ST
EASTERN
(OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER 1975
WPCO: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE OLPO: OZONE LAYER PROTECTION ORDINANCE
ON THE PROVISION OF THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE NEIGHBOURHOOD
TWO PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED BY THE NOISE, EMITTING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM DOMESTIC AND PUBLIC PLACES, WITH RANGING FROM $450 TO $500.
RELATING TO POLICE FOR FINES
ONE PERSON WAS PROSECUTED BY THE POLICE AND CARRYING OUT CONSTRUCTION WORK WITHOUT A PERMIT.
FINED
$400
FOR
CASE 76 WAS THE FIRST CONVICTED CASE IN THE TOLO WATER ZONE IN WHICH A HIGHER FINE WAS IMPOSED AFTER THE AMENDMENT WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE FROM DECEMBER 1,
CONTROL OF THE 1990.
THE AMENDMENT HAS DOUBLED THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR FIRST CONVICTION A FINE OF $8,500 WAS IMPOSED AS COMPARED TO FROM $50,000 TO $100,000. THE USUAL FINE OF $5,000 IN PREVIOUS CASES PRIOR TO THE AMENDMENT THE ORDINANCE.
OF
CONTRACTOR AS THE IN CASE 82, ALL THE MAJOR PARTIES (MAIN
AND TUG BOAT MASTER
TWO BARGE LICENSEE, SHIPPING SUB-CONTRACTOR,
AND SENTENCED OPERATORS) INVOLVED IN THE ILLEGAL ACT WERE CONVICTED WITH THE MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000, EVEN THOUGH ONLY THE MAIN HAS ONE PREVIOUS CONVICTION RECORD.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
ENQUIRIES ON SPECIFIC CASES CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THE PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS:
CONTRACTOR
FOLLOWING
APCO
MR FRANKLIN CHUNG
TEL. NO. 835 1046
NCO
MR K.K. KAN
TEL. NO. 835 1123
DASO
MR PATRICK LET
TEL. NO. 721 1044
WPCO CASE 33
DR DANIEL LAU
TEL. NO. 721 0005
WPCO CASE 76
DR MICHAEL CHIU
TEL. NO. 417 4100
PROTECTION
ISSUES
HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE DIRECTED TO EPD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION.
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