Mr Chairman, I beg to move.
Mr Chairman,
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I move that new clause 7A be added to the bill.
End/Wednesday, April 26, 1995
Air quality problems in HK
Following is a question by the Hon James To Kun-sun and a reply by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Tony Eason, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Regarding the air quality studies conducted by the Environmental Protection Department, will the Government inform this Council of:
the findings of such studies in various districts of the territory in the past three years;
(a)
(b)
the causes of air pollution; and
(c)
the measures which will be taken to abate air pollution?
Reply:
Mr President,
(a)
Air quality problems in Hong Kong can be described in terms of four key air pollutants: sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), total suspended particulates (TSP) and respirable suspended particulates (RSP). I will briefly summarise the results of air quality monitoring recorded at our eight monitoring stations over the past three years. Details are given in the table attached to the written version of this answer (Table 1).