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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1992
NOTE :
APCO
NCO
DASO
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE
DUMPING AT SEA ACT 1974 (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER 1975
WPCO: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE
WDO : WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE
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ON THE PROVISION OF NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE RELATING CARRYING OUT CONSTRUCTION WORK WITHOUT A VALID CONSTRUCTION NOISE PERMIT, THREE PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED BY THE POLICE AND THE FINES RANGED FROM $1,000 TO $2,000.
ANOTHER PERSON WAS PROSECUTED BY THE POLICE AND FINED $2,000 FOR CAUSING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM PUBLIC PLACE. ONE PERSON WAS ALSO FINED $200 FOR CAUSING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM DOMESTIC PLACE AT NIGHT.
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID TWO OFFENCES COMMITTED BY TAI CHEONG LAND AND MARINE ENGINEERING LTD IN CASE 21 AND 23 WERE RELATED TO ILLEGAL DUMPING OF COAL ASH IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.
TAI CHEONG WAS SUB-CONTRACTED BY A COMPANY TO SEND THE COAL ASH GENERATED FROM A POWER STATION ON THE HONG KONG ISLAND TO CHINA FOR RE-USE. HOWEVER, TAI CHEONG HAD INSTEAD SHORT-DUMPED THE COAL ASH WITHIN HONG KONG WATERS WITHOUT A LICENCE.
WAS
THE SPOKESMAN SAID ILLEGAL DISPOSAL OF COAL ASH AT THE SEA DETRIMENTAL TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. POWER COMPANIES SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR CLOSE SUPERVISION. TO ENSURE THAT THEIR CONTRACTORS PERFORM IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
ENQUIRIES
ON SPECIFIC CASE CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING
PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS
APCO NCO
MR FRANKLIN CHUNG
TEL NO. 810 2907
MR STEVEN HO
TEL NO. 810 2800
WPCO CASE 41
DR MIKE CHIU
TEL NO. 417 4101
WPCO CASE 24, 27
DR ELLEN CHAN
TEL NO. 650 6955
DASO
MR EDDIE LUI
TEL NO. 755 3553
WDO
DR MALCOLM BROOM
TEL NO. 685 1132
HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON GENERAL ISSUE SHOULD CONTINUE BE DIRECTED TO EPD'S PUBLIC RELATIONS SECTION.
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