* HEALTH WARNING AND TAR
GROUP DESIGNATION WHERE REQUIRED TO BE DISPLAYED MORE
CONSPICIOUSLY AND TO BE ENLARGED
* HEALTH WARNING ON
OUTDOOR CIGARETTE ADVERTISING SIGNS TO BE FREE FROM VISUAL OBSTRUCTION, PROPERLY LIT UP AND CLEARLY VISIBLE
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992
NEW SMOKING
(PUBLIC HEALTH) (NOTICES) ORDER
NEW SMOKING
(PUBLIC HEALTH) (NOTICES) ORDER
AWARENESS OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY STRESSED
*
*
UNTIL 1.2.1993
UNTIL 1.2.1993
HONG KONG WOULD NEED A CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT DISCIPLINES, IN PARTICULAR, ENGINEERS IN THE VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC), TO WORK ORDER TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY AND FUNCTIONAL INDOOR THE GROWING TREND OF "SICK BUILDING SYNDROME".
FROM ALL BUILDING FIELD OF HEATING, OUT A SOLUTION IN ENVIRONMENT AMIDST
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND
IN HIS MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR KWOK PING-KI,
OPENING
AT ADDRESS
A SEMINAR ON "INDOOR AIR QUALITY" (IAQ) ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR KWOK NOTED THAT WITH BUILDINGS NOWADAYS MADE MORE AIR TIGHT AND PEOPLE SPENDING MORE AND MORE TIME INDOORS, THE DEMAND FOR A HEALTHY AND COMFORTABLE WORKING ENVIRONMENT WAS ON THE INCREASE.
HE SAID IAQ HAD BECOME AN ISSUE OF INCREASING VISIBILITY AND
THE WHICH
AIR ATTENTION IN RECENT YEARS. THE LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE,
AS A CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS CONSIDERED AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE, SERVED CATALYST TO BRING MORE CONCERN
IAQ AND HUMAN HEALTH IN THE AIR-CONDITIONING INDUSTRY.
OVER
BETTER
IAQ WAS BY NO
THE TO
MR KWOK STRESSED THAT THE SOLUTION TO MEANS SIMPLE AND REQUIRED CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT FROM ALL BUILDING
DESIGNERS DOWN DISCIPLINES, FROM BUILDING SERVICES OPERATING THE SYSTEM AND MAINTAINING IT
PEOPLE
HE STATED THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASURE то ENSURE COMFORT AND GOOD INDOOR AIR QUALITY WAS THE PROPER DESIGN AND SELECTION OF THE HVAC SYSTEMS TO BE UTILISED IN THE BUILDINGS. WITH THE PROGRESS IN INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY, THE ENGINEERS IN THE FIELD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.
WOULD HAVE
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