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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1991
PRIVATE GARAGES TO TEST SMOKY VEHICLES
(EPD) TODAY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT
CONTROL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED NEW MEASURES IN ITS SMOKY VEHICLE CONTROL ENLISTS PRIVATE GARAGES TO CONDUCT TESTS ON SMOKY VEHICLES.
STARTING FROM
14, OCTOBER
18
(FRIDAY) WHICH
DESIGNATED EMISSION
PRIVATE GARAGES TESTS AT A FEE
GARAGES
IS
PUBLISHED
IN THE
FRED
ASSISTANT
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO CONDUCT VEHICLE OF $140.
THE
LIST OF
THE
DESIGNATED
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
SPEAKING AT
A PRESS
MR CONFERENCE,
TROMP, THESE GARAGES, SERVING A8 DIRECTOR (AIR AND NOISE) OF THE EPD SAID
OF THE DESIGNATED TESTING CENTRES, WOULD INCREASE THE CAPACITY CONTROL PROGRAMME BY 200 PERCENT TO 50,000 EMISSION TESTS A YEAR.
WHICH
"THE EPD CENTRE AT HO MAN TIN WILL HANDLE LARGE VEHICLES
" MR TROMP SAID. ARE TOO BIG TO GET INTO MOST OF THE PRIVATE CENTRES,
WHICH HAVE BEEN TWO WEEKS TO HAVE A TEST AT A
UNDER THE NEW PROGRAMME, OWNERS OF VEHICLES SPOTTED EMITTING SMOKE WILL BE GIVEN A PERIOD OF ABOUT HAVE THE SMOKE DEFECT RECTIFIED AND ARRANGE TO DESIGNATED CENTRE.
THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFF, ITS ACCREDITED SPOTTERS AND THE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SPOTTING SMOKY VEHICLES.
POLICE
ONE OF THE 1# THE TEST, MR TROMP
"THE OWNER OF SMALLER VEHICLES CAN CHOOSE ANY DESIGNATED CENTRES TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO RUN SAID.
AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO CHARGE AT THE EPD TESTING
DATE VEHICLES ARE CALLED IN AT A FIXED TIME ON A FIXED TEST.
לו
CENTRE, BUT TO TAKE THE
CAPACITY OF THE EPD ONLY BE ÁBLE то
WITH THESE ARRANGEMENTS AND THE LIMITED CENTRES, VEHICLES SPOTTED FOR EXCESSIVE SMOKE WILL GET TESTED IN ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 WEEKS.
THE VEHICLE ΤΟ TURN
"WHAT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED IN THE CONTROL PROGRAMME IS THAT LICENCE OF A VEHICLE WILL BE SUBJECT TO CANCELLATION IF THE FAILS TO PASS THE TESTING REQUIREMENTS OR IF ITS OWNER FAILS IT IN FOR EMISSION TEST.
"THE LICENCE
WILL BE
RE-ISSUED DEPARTMENT,
ONLY AFTER INCLUDING A
SATISFACTORY
TEST
ON
ITS
EXAMINATION BY THE TRANSPORT
EMISSION," MR TROMP SAID.
LAST
YEAR,
617 VEHICLE
ATTENDING AN
EMISSION
TEST AT
LICENCES THE EPD
WERE CENTRE,
CANCELLED
44
FOR
FOR NOT MULTIPLE
FAILURES IN THE TESTS.
"ONE OBVIOUS IMPROVEMENT OF
DURATION OF SMOKY VEHICLES SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTENED," MR TROMP SAID.
REMAIN
THE RUNNING
NEW
PROGRAMME ON THE
THAT IS
STREET
THE WILL BE
/ACCORDING TO