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Thursday, March 15, 1973

TSUEN WAN TO BE SMOKE CONTROL AREA

May 15.

Tsuen Wan will become a Smoke Control Area with effect from

The Colonial Secretary will make a declaration to this effect under

Section 7 of the Clean Air Ordinance in the Gazette tomorrow (Friday).

Members of the public will have 21 days to make recommendations or

objections regarding the declaration.

Commenting on the declaration, Mr. K. Higginson, Smoke Abatement

Adviser of the Labour Department, said: "This will be the fourth Smoke Control

Area of the Colony.

"The other three areas

respectively

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which were gazetted in 1960, 1962 and 1964

are Kwun Tong, Sha Tin and North Point.

"An occupier of any premises within these areas who operates any

furnace, oven or chimney which emits dark smoke for more than six minutes in

any period of four hours, or for more than three minutes continuously at any

one time, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of $2,000,"

Mr. Higginson pointed out that the emission of smoke darker than the

legally permitted level was a result of faulty and wasteful combustion techniques.

"It is hoped," he said, "that the declaration will lead to the adoption

of improved methods of combustion thus reducing operating costs as well as

air pollution in Tsuen Wan, which is one of the worst areas as far as dark

smoke is concerned.

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