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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1991
APPLICATION FOR THE LABELS CAN BE MADE FROM MARCH 1, NEXT YEAR, TO THE NOISE CONTROL AUTHORITY, FIFTH FLOOR, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, WEST WING, 11 ICE HOUSE STREET, HONG KONG. THE APPLICATION FEE IS $100 FOR EACH LABEL.
ALSO PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991 WHICH SEEKS TO INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL NOISE AS WELL PUBLIC ROADS.
TODAY WAS A NOISE CONTROL CLARIFY CURRENT POLICY ON AS NOISE FROM TRAFFIC ON
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 13(1)(A) OF THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE MAKES IT CLEARER THAT ENFORCEMENT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST NOISY INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL OPERATORS ONLY WHEN THEY AFFECT NOISE SENSITIVE RECEIVERS SUCH AS RESIDENTIAL PREMISES, HOTELS, HOSTELS, SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS, AND NOT WHEN THEY AFFECT OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.
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THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROCEDURES ALREADY ADOPTED UNDER THE NOISE CONTROL AUTHORITY'S TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT TWO YEARS AGO, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 4 AND 5 SEEK ΤΟ EXPLICITLY SPELL OUT THAT NOISE FROM VEHICLES TRAVELLING IN A NORMAL MANNER ON PUBLIC ROADS WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED UNDER THESE SECTIONS WHICH ARE ENFORCED BY WAY OF POLICE SUMMONS ACTION UPON COMPLAINTS.
HE SAID THE REDUCTION OF TRAFFIC NOISE IS BEST ACHIEVED THROUGH CAREFUL TOWN PLANNING WHICH IS THE EXISTING STANDARD PRACTICE.
"HOWEVER, THE POLICE ARE STILL ABLE TO TAKE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE AGAINST DRIVERS BLASTING CARS OR CAUSING ANNOYANCE BY THEIR ROWDY BEHAVIOUR.
ACTION UNDER THE MUSIC FROM THEIR
"PEOPLE TAMPERING WITH THEIR SILENCERS ALSO RUN THE RISK OF BEING PROSECUTED UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
FIRST ISSUE OF LOOSE-LEAF LAW PUBLISHED
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THE FIRST VOLUMES OF A NEW AEDITION HONG KONG LAWS, IN A NEW FORMAT WHICH CARRY BOTH THE CHINESE AND ENGLISH TEXTS SIDE BY SIDE ON LOOSE-LEAF PAGES, HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED.
THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE NEW EDITION CONSISTS OF FOUR VOLUMES OF MORE THAN 1,800 PAGES OF LAWS.
THE FIRST THREE VOLUMES CONTAIN CHAPTERS 2 TO 13 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG IN ENGLISH ONLY AS THEY DO NOT HAVE AN AUTHENTIC CHINESE TEXT YET.
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