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MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1974

MR. NEWBURY, WHO HAS JUST SUCCEEDED MR. KEN

HIGGINSON AS HEAD OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S AIR

POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT, SAID: +FINES CAN BE IMPOSED

ON THE OPERATOR OF ANY FURNACE, OVEN OR CHIMNEY

WHICH EMITS DARK SMOKE FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN SIX

MINUTES IN ANY PERIOD OF FOUR HOURS, OR FOR THREE

MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY AT ANY TIME.

+THE OPERATOR IS LIABLE TO A $2,000 FINE, PLUS

ANOTHER $50 FOR EVERY 15 MINUTES DURING ANY PART OF

WHICH THE OFFENCE CONTINUES,+

MR. NEWBURY POINTED OUT THAT FUEL-USERS IN SHAM

SHUI PO AND CHEUNG SHA WAN HAD BEEN GIVEN PLENTY OF

WARNING OF THE NEW CONTROLS AFFECTING THEM.

*SINCE THE GAZETTE NOTIFICATION TWO MONTHS AGO,

WE HAVE SENT OUT NOTIFICATIONS REMINDING MAJOR FUEL USERS IN THE AREA THAT IN FUTURE THEY WILL HAVE TO OPERATE THEIR PLANT TO MUCH MORE EXACTING STANDARDS THAN IN THE PAST,+ HE SAID.

+AND EVEN THOUGH THE DISTRICT HAS ONLY JUST BEEN DECLARED A SMOKE CONTROL AREA, OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS LABOUR DEPARTMENT SMOKE INSPECTORS HAVE VISITED SOME 420 MAJOR FUEL USERS IN SHAM SHUI PO AND CHEUNG SHA WAN TO GIVE FREE ADVICE AND INSTRUCTION.

/+FACTORY

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