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Thursday, November 15, 1973

DIPLOMA IN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

Success For Assistant Smoke Inspector Of Labour Department

Mr. Leung Yiu-sing, Assistant Smoke Inspector of the Labour

Department, has passed an examination in air pollution control held in

Hong Kong in September this year, and been awarded a diploma of the

Royal Society of Health.

This was the second examination to be held by the Society, the

first being in Harch, when three candidates passed,

The examination included two written papers and an oral test.

The syllabus covered a wide range of topics, including fuel

technology, air pollution control and administration, and the general

effect of pollution.

Mr. K. Higginson, Smoke Abatement Adviser of the Air Pollution

Control Unit of the Labour Department, said the inspectors awarded diplomas

had been working in his unit, and had acquired intensive theoretical and

practical training.

Smoke inspectors are responsible for the monitoring work associated

with air pollution.

Their duties include giving free and constructive advice to fuel

users on the efficient use of fuel, and the reduction of smoke emission

from their plants. They also have the duty to enforce the provisions of

the Clean Air Ordinance and Regulations.

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