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Monday, February 11, 1974
RESTAURANT FINED FOR CAUSING SMOKE NUISANCE
The management of a Causeway Bay restaurant was today fined
$500 for causing a smoke nuisance.
The case was heard before Mr. P. Flannery at Central Magistracy.
The Kingsburg Restaurant Ltd. of 1 Leighton Road was found guilty of
failure to abate a smoke nuisance caused by the emission of dark smoke
from the chimney of the restaurant.
In July last year, Smoke Inspectors of their Pollution Control
Unit of the Labour Department found that the dark smoke emitted from the
chimmey of the restaurant was causing the imminence of a smoke nuisance.
A written notice was served to the restaurant giving 30 days to reduce
the dark smoke emission.
After the 30 days' period expired, Smoke Inspectors made regular
observation on the emission of smoke from the chimney of the restaurant to see
whether the requirement of the notice was being followed.
On November 27, it was found that in a period of four hours the
total time for dark smoke emission was almost two hours.
A summons was subsequently taken out against the restaurant.
The Labour Department's Smoke Abatement Adviser, Mr. Ken Higginson
pointed out that the emission of dark smoke was due to inefficient combustion
techniques. He urged fuel users to exercise more care in proventing smoke
nuisance.
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