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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1991
THE DAILY HONG KONG AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES OF SO2 AND NO2, TSP AND RSP ARE 350, 150, 260 AND 180 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METRES RESPECTIVELY.
THESE OBJECTIVES ARE COMPARABLE TO INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED AIR QUALITY STANDARDS RECOMMENDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC.
HIGH LEVELS OF SO2 CAUSE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, REDUCE LUNG FUNCTION AND INCREASE MORTALITY RATE.
NO2 CAUSES RESPIRATORY IRRITATION, INCREASES SUSCEPTIBILITY ΤΟ RESPIRATORY INFECTION AND IMPAIRS LUNG DEVELOPMENT.
TSP ACTS SYNERGISTICALLY WITH OTHER GASEOUS POLLUTANTS AND
RSP CAUSES RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, REDUCES LUNG FUNCTION AND SOME FORMS OF RSP MAY CAUSE CANCER.
BROADLY
THE MONG KOK, CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG STATIONS REPRESENT AIR QUALITY RESPECTIVELY AT LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP URBAN DISTRICT; COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; AND DISTRICT CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
CURRENTLY THE EPD OPERATES A TOTAL OF 11 FIXED AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS, INCLUDING THE THREE MENTIONED ABOVE.
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THE OTHER EIGHT STATIONS ARE AT KWUN TONG, SHAM SHUI SHA TSUI, TSEUNG KWAN O, TSUEN WAN, HONG KONG SOUTH, TAI PO AND SHA TIN.
SHA SEES DEVELOPMENTS ON OUTLYING ISLANDS ·
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THE SECRETARY
PENG CHÂU,
FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL LAMMA AND LANTAU ISLANDS TODAY
SUEN,
(THURSDAY)
VISITED TO
CHEUNG CHAU, SEE THEIR LATEST DEVELOPMENTS.
MR
ACCOMPANIED BY THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICER, MR SUEN SAILED TO CHEUNG CHAU WHICH, WITH A POPULATION OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED ISLAND IN THE DISTRICT.
KIM SALKELD, 20,000, IS
SHEK HAU. TENNIS COURTS,
MR SUEN TOURED THE SITE OF A LOCAL OPEN SPACE AT TAI WHERE A ROLLER-SKATING RINK, A BASKETBALL COURT, FOUR A CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND AND A SITTING-OUT AREA ARE BEING BUILT.
MILLION PROJECT TO IMPROVE HE ALSO LEARNED THAT A $170 ROADS AND DRAINS IN THE OLD TOWN AREA IS IN THE PIPELINE.
THE
VISITED FOR FUTURE TUNG IN NEARBY ΤΑΙ
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THE SECREATRY THEN DEPARTED FOR LANTAU ISLAND WHERE HE
HE WAS BRIEFED ON THE PLANS TUNG CHUNG AND HAI WO.
POINTS LOOKOUT CHUNG NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENTS VILLAGE AND TUNG CHUNG FORT.
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