14
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1994
ENQUIRIES THE TIME IT
ON
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAREERS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE EDUCATION
315
253 TELEPHONE VISITORS AND RECEIVED DEPARTMENT FURTHER STUDIES, LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS, AND CAREERS BY CLOSED AT 5.30 PM TODAY.
THIS BRINGS TO 1,591 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE
1,005 CALLERS TELEPHONED THE CENTER SINCE THE RELEASE OF RESULTS ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 9).
VISITED AND
THE HKCEE
THE OF
FURTHER STUDIES
MONG KOK STUDENTS AND
THE CAREERS
CENTER AT ROOM 206 EDUCATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AT 30 LUEN WAN STREET, MONG KOK, PROVIDES WITH REFERENCE
ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR MATERIAL TRAINING, AND INFORMATION ON VARIOUS CAREERS.
JULY AIR QUALITY REPORT
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR LAST MONTH.
A
FOR SPOKESMAN
THE DEPARTMENT
SAID THE
TODAY (FRIDAY)
PURPOSE OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENT WAS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN THE TERRITORY AND TO EXPLAIN THE MEASUREMENTS.
MONG KOK, THREE
THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS MONITORING RESULTS FROM
THESE LOCATIONS ARE TYPICAL OF CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG. OF THE IMPORTANT LAND USE TYPES FOUND IN THE TERRITORY:
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LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP URBAN AREAS; COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; AND DISTRICTS CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
AT
THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY MONITORS AIR QUALITY CONTINUOUSLY
SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENT EIGHT STATIONS, INCLUDING THE THREE MENTIONED. CAMPAIGNS ARE ALSO UNDERTAKEN AS AND WHERE THE NEED ARISES.
DUST OF
THE REPORTED AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDE
TOTAL SUSPENDED (NO2),
AND PARTICLES,
SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2), PARTICULATES
WHICH (TSP) NITROGEN DIOXIDE
RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED COMPRISE ALL SIZES PARTICULATES (RSP) WHICH ARE THE RESPIRABLE FRACTION OF THE DUST.
ALL
THESE
POLLUTANTS
CAN
AFFECT
RESPIRATORY HEALTH
IN
SUFFICIENT CONCENTRATION.
AIR QUALITY IN JULY WAS DOMINATED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL KEPT DUST LEVELS DOWN AND WASHED OUT SULPHUR DIOXIDE.
WHICH
MEANWHILE, THE LACK OF SUNLIGHT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR OZONE AND
NITROGEN DIOXIDE TO FORM IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
LEVELS OF ALL POLLUTANTS WERE STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH,
THE BELOW
RELEVANT 24-HOUR
/THE EXCEPTION