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Monday, May 14, 1973

TSUEN WAN BECOMES SMOKE CONTROL AREA

Area.

Tsuen Wan tomorrow (May 15) becomes Hong Kong's fourth Smoke Control

It was gazetted as such on March 16.

Members of the public were given 21 days to make recommendations

or objections to the declaration, but according to Mr. K. Higginson, Smoke

Abatement Adviser of the Labour Department, no objections had been received.

He said he had already advised fuel users in Tsuen Wan of the

declaration and the necessary precautions to make.

"Beginning tomorrow, Smoke Inspectors will be out patrolling Teuen

Wan to make sure everyone complies with the law," he said.

"Under the law, an occupier of any premises within a smoke control

area 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, is liable to a $2,000 fine, plus a

$50 fine for every 15 minutes during the whole or any part of which the

offence continues," he said.

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

legal level was a result of incomplete combustion.

"Anyone who wants free technical advice on how to avoid the problem

can contact officers of my unit by ringing 3-688924 or 3-688954 during office

hours," he said,

Three other areas have already been gazetted as smoke control areas -

Kwun Tong in 1960, Sha Tin in 1962 and North Point in 1964.

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