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TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1993
THEY THEN PAID A VISIT TO THE CHEMICAL WASTE LABORATORY WHICH
то HAS BEEN SET UP
GIVE SUPPORT TO CHEMICAL. WASTE CONTROLS AND PROSECUTIONS.
TRACE METALS SUCH AS CADMIUM, ZINC, COPPER AND CHROMIUM ARE
BY MEASURED
FULLY AUTOMATED, LABOUR-SAVING TECHNIQUES THAT GIVE RESULTS OF ANALYSES WITHIN A FEW SECONDS.
MEMBERS WERE ALSO SHOWN HOW POTENTIAL TRAFFIC NOISE PROBLEMS COULD BE IDENTIFIED AT THE EARLY PLANNING STAGE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES FORMULATED USING A DEDICATED COMPUTERISED ASSESSMENT FACILITY,
STAFF,
IN-HOUSE BY THE FACILITY, DEVELOPED
THE DEPARTMENT'S DETAILS OF COMPLEX CAN STORE
TOPOGRAPHY OF A ROAD NETWORK AND GENERATE ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS, CALCULATE THE LIKELY NOISE LEVELS AND GRAPHIC IMAGES IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FORMAT.
THIS MAKES IT MUCH EASIER FOR PROFESSIONALS ΤΟ VISUALISE THE NOISE IMPACTS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO DEVELOPMENT PLANS AT THE DESIGN STAGE IN ORDER TO LIMIT NOISE POLLUTION.
MEMBERS WHO JOINED THE BRIEFING WERE REV FUNG CHI-WOOD,
WONG AND DR SAMUEL
MR MICHAEL HO MUN-KA, MR MAN SAI-CHEONG AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS PANEL OF MR PETER WONG.
PING-WAI OMLEGCO,
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COMPANIES GUILTY OF BREAKING POLLUTION LAW
THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) RELEASED A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY IN THE COURTS DURING MAY OF BREACHING ANTI-POLLUTION LEGISLATION CURRENTLY ENFORCED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE MONTHLY.
THE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS COULD BE TIME CONSUMING AND AS A RESULT THERE WAS SOMETIMES A LENGTHY TIME GAP BETWEEN THE DATE OF THE OFFENCE AND THE CONVICTION DATE.
FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF PROSECUTION CASES AND THE ASSOCIATED FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS DURING MAY:
NAME
RECORD
{COMPANY/
DATE OF
NATURE
OF
PERSON)
ADDRESS
OFFENCE
OF OFFENCE
FINES($) OFFENCE COURT
1.AMERICAN
LAUNDERLAND PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
LTU
WONG CHUK HANG RD, ABERDEEN
25.6.91- 24.1.92
APCO :
1,000 2ND KWUN
UNAUTHORISED
INSTALLATION
OR ALTERNATION OF FURNACES
TONG
/2. SOUPO DEVELOPMENT