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Between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., public cargo working areas are closed. As for cargo-handling operations outside public cargo working areas and apart from the measures outlined in (a) above, the Administration is considering legislative provisions to control the use of loud-hailers and public address systems on vessels at night.
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Noise from port activities, including machinery and the use of loud- hailers inside designated public cargo working areas is controlled under Section 13 of the NCO. Noise from activities outside these designated areas is controlled under Sections 4 and 5 of the NCO. The former is enforced by the Environmental Protection Department, while the latter is enforced by the Police. As noted in (b) above, the Administration is also considering legislative provisions to restrict the use of loud-hailers and public address systems on vessels at night in order to further minimise the disturbance caused by their possible mis-use.
In the past year, the Environmental Protection Department and the Police have received nine complaints related to noise from public cargo working areas and mid-stream operation berths in Tsing Yi and Tsuen Wan. Five cases were not actionable because the noise did not exceed the statutory limit; in three cases warnings were given and one case is still under investigation. There have been no prosecutions.
End/Wednesday, June 28, 1995
Cooling towers
Following is a question by the Hon Fung Kin-kee and a written reply by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Bowen Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council:
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of the total number of cooling towers in the territory; how many of them have been abandoned;