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TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1993
68.ONELAND INVESTMENTS
LTD
WHAMPOA
8.12.92
ESTATE,
APCO : EXCESSIVE DARK
2,000 1ST
SOUTH KOWLOON
HUNG HOM
SMOKE EMISSJON
69. TRADE
BATTLE LTD
AP LEI CHAU
MAIN ST, 16.12.92
NCO:
7,500 1ST WESTERN
FAILURE TO
70.LAI YIP
DYEING FTY LTD
LAI YIP ST.
19.1.93
KWUN TONG
NOTE :
COMPLY WITH
THE REQUIRE-
MENT IN A NOISE
ABATEMENT NOTICE
APCO : EXCESSIVE
DARK SMOKE EMISSION
3,000 1ST KWUN
TONG
APCO : AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE
NCO : NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE
WPCO: WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE
DASO DUMPING AT SEA ACT 1974 (OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER 1975 WDO : WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID SECTION 17(1) OF THE NCO WAS APPLIED FOR THE FIRST TIME ΤΟ PROSECUTE A COMPANY FOR USING HAND-HELD PERCUSSIVE BREAKERS WITHOUT FITTING WITH NOISE EMISSION LABELS.
BE
ACCORDING TO THE REGULATION, IT IS AN OFFENCE TO USE/CAUSE TO USED A HAND-HELD PERCUSSIVE BREAKER (HEAVIER THAN 10 KG) OR AN AIR COMPRESSOR (FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK) WITHOUT THE RESPECTIVE NOISE EMISSION LABEL ISSUED BY THE NOISE CONTROL AUTHORITY.
IN CASE (16), THE DEFENDANT WAS FINED $2,000 FOR VIOLATING THE ABOVE REGULATION.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
ENQUIRIES
ON SPECIFIC CASES CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING
PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS:
APCO :
MR BENSON YEUNG
NCO : WPCO
DR ANDREW KWAN
CASE 10,14,19,20,21,
22,29,35,59,67
MR PATRICK LEI
CASE 12
MR MURRAY LUO
CASE 23
MR R C ROOTHAM
TEL 594 6200 TEL 594 6500
TEL 685 1133 TEL 835 1184 TEL 755 2200
CASE 9,15,39,58 DR ELLEN CHAN
TEL 417 6133
WDO
MR PATRICK LAI
TEL 685 1133
DASO :
MR EDDIE LUI
TEL 755 3553
HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON GENERAL ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO DEPARTMENT'S MEDIA RELATIONS SECTION.
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