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Monday, January 5, 1976

Anti-Noise Pollution Campaign Launched

A month-long campaign against noise pollution was launched by the

Government and the Advisory Committee on Environmental Pollution (EPCOM)

today (Monday).

The campaign is aimed at drawing the attention of the public to the

fact that noise is a form of pollution and that a great deal of noise is

avoidable.

Posters will be displayed prominently throughout Hong Kong, and a

30-second film will also be shown nightly on television during the period

of the campaign.

Speaking at a press conference to launch the campaign, Mr. Henry

Litton, Chairman of the Noise Pollution Sub-Committee of IPCOM, said that

the purpose behind the campaign was to bring home the message that excessive

noise was a form of pollution. He said in Hong Kong many people do not

associate noise with pollution,

To them pollution was smoke belching out from vehicle exhausts or

from factory chimneys or may be from refuse thrown out of a window, Mr. Litton

said.

Excessive noise, he said, was also a type of pollution of the

environment.

Mr. Litton cited some typical examples of avoidable noise pollution

in the home, which included: television and radio sets and hi-fi equipment.

Because of the high population density in Hong Kong's high-rise

buildings, the sound from T.V. and radio sets is all the more concentrated

and intense.

The Chairman called on the public to be a little more considerate

and turn down the volume of their sets, especially at night.

He said that