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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1993
LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP URBAN DISTRICTS,
*
COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS,
DISTRICTS CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AND
THE REPORTED AIR
POLLUTANTS
INCLUDE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2),
PARTICULATES (RSP) AND
NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2), RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP),
CONTINUOUSLY
THE GASEOUS POLLUTANTS ARE MONITORED PARTICLE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED FOR 24 HOURS, ONCE EVERY SIX DAYS.
WHILST
IN TERMS OF AIR POLLUTION, NOVEMBER WAS A QUIET MONTH,
WERE NO EXCEEDANCES OF THE
AIR 24-HOUR
QUALITY OBJECTIVES AND ALL THREE MONITORING STATIONS FOLLOWED SIMILAR TRENDS.
THERE
SITE
AS USUAL, CONCENTRATIONS WERE HIGHEST AT THE STREET-LEVEL
PARTICULATES LEVELS WERE A SIGNIFICANT OF MONG KOK, WHERE NO2 AND PROPORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE 24-HOUR AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES.
THE FOUR
POLLUTANTS
ORIGINS.
HAVE DIFFERENT
S02 OF SULPHUR CONTAINING FOSSIL
OR. COMBUSTION
BY THE IS ALSO PRODUCED
DISCUSSED MOSTLY ORIGINATES FROM THE COMBUSTION FUELS. NOZ IS FORMED EITHER DIRECTLY DURING ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION OF NITRIC OXIDE DURING COMBUSTION.
WHICH (NO)
VEHICLE EXHAUST IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF NO AND NO2.
AIRBORNE VEHICLE EXHAUST IS ALSO A MAJOR SOURCE OF
FURNACES AND BOILERS, OTHER SOURCES INCLUDE INDUSTRY, ACTIVITIES, THE SEA AND SOIL DUST.
THE EPD CURRENTLY MONITORS AIR QUALITY
THREE MENTIONED
STATIONS, INCLUDING THE MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGNS ARE ARISES.
ALSO UNDERTAKEN AS
PARTICLES; CONSTRUCTION
CONTINUOUSLY AT EIGHT ABOVE. SHORT-TERM AND WHERE THE
NEED
0
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LEGCO TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY
ON
CONSUMER
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL DEBATE THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REVIEW AND AIRCRAFT NOISE, PROTECTION AT ITS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 15).
TWO
THE OTHER THE FIRST MOTION WILL BE MOVED BY THE HON JAMES TO.
HON MAN SAI-CHEONG WILL BE MOVED BY THE HON EDWARD HO AND THE RESPECTIVELY.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL ASK 20 QUESTIONS AND
CONSIDER 11
BILLS.
SECOND
OF THE 11 BILLS, FOUR WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND READINGS. THEY ARE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS)
2) EMPLOYMENT (NO. 2) BILL
(AMENDMENT) (NO. 1993; (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 AND COMMODITIES TRADING
SECURITIES
BILL 1993.
BILL
1993; (AMENDMENT)
/DEBATES ON