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MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1991
AN INCREASING
HE SAID OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN AWARENESS AMONG THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS HAVING.
IT
HAS
THE ENVIRONMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMMITTEE ON
ISSUES, PROTECTION WHICH SHOWED A KEEN CONCERN ON ENVIRONMENTAL MADE CONSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS RELATING TO THIS RELEASE.
IN THE FORM THE MONTHLY ANNOUNCEMENT,
OF A ONE PAGK AIR MONTHLY AVERAGE AND DAILY QUALITY REPORT, ILLUSTRATES THE
AVERAGE SELECTED MONITORING MEASUREMENTS OF THE FOUR POLLUTANTS AT THE THREE STATIONS.
ARE IN
CURRENTLY, A TOTAL OF 11 FIXED AIR MONITORING STATIONS USE. THEY ARE LOCATED IN KWUN TONG, SHAM SHUI PO, TSIM SHA TSUI, KONG SOUTH, CENTRAL/WESTERN, JUNK BAY, TSUEN WAN, KWAI TAI PO, MONG KOK AND SHA TIN.
HONG CHƯNG,
MEASUREMENTS THE SPOKESMAN SAID
OF THE MONG кок, CENTRAL/ RELEASED BECAUSE WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG AIR MONITORING STATIONS WERE THESE REPRESENT THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SITUATIONS IN HONG KONG.
STATIONS CHUNG RESIDENTAL/COMMERCIAL AND
THE MONG кок, CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI REPRESENT RESPECTIVELY THE INDUSTRIAL SITUATIONS.
GROUND
LEVEL,
THE FOUR TYPES OF POLLUTANTS COVERED ARE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (902), NITROGEN DIOXIDE
TOTAL
AND (NO2),
SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP) RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (RSP).
·
ARE GASEOUS
SO2 AND NO2
POLLUTANTS THAT MAINLY COME FROM SIZES COMBUSTION OF FURL. TSP AND RSP ARE DUST PARTICLES OF DIFFERENT
VEHICLE ENGINES, FLOATING IN THE AIR, WHICH USUALLY COME FROM DIESEL COMBUSTION
AND ACTIVITIES
MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES.
PROCESSES,
CONSTRUCTION
IN
JULY, RELATIVELY
THE
COMMENTING ON AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED SPOKESMAN SAID MEASURED LEVELS AT THE MONG KOK STATION ARE HIGHER THAN THOSE RECORDED AT THE OTHER TWO STATIONS.
STATION THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL AS THE
IS LOCATED AT THE ROAD EQUIPMENT WILL LEVEL TO MEASURE VEHICLE EMISSIONS, AND THE MEASURING EASILY PICK UP AIR
EMITTED FROM MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES
CLOSE BY.
ALSO IT IS
POLLUTANTS
PROBABLE THAT PARTICULATES RE-ENTRAINED INTO THE AIR BY THE MOVING TRAFFIC, PARTICULATES ARE COLLECTED BY THE TSP SAMPLER.
ON THE ROAD AND THESE
GET AIRBORNE
AT THE QUALITY OBJECTIVES IN
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT NEVERTHELESS NO AIR POLLUTANT THREE STATIONS EXCEED THE RELEVANT DAILY
AIR
JULY.
/HE ALSO