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WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1986

TWENTY SEPARATE COMPANY OFFICES ON A SINGLE FLOOR OF A BUILDING MIGHT BE BROKEN INTO ONE NIGHT BY ONE BURGLAR OR GANG OF BURGLARS AND THEY WOULD BE RECORDED AS 20 SEPARATE BURGLARIES.

IN JANUARY TO APRIL THIS YEAR, THERE WERE THREE CASES IN CENTRAL DISTRICT OF MULTIPLE BURGLARIES IN WHICH FIVE OR MORE PREMISES WERE BROKEN INTO.

THESE THREE CASES ALONE ACCOUNTED FOR 40 OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REPORTED BURGLARIES AND THERE WERE NO SUCH MULTIPLE BURGLARIES IN CENTRAL DISTRICT IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1985.

+SO THE RISE, WHILE SERIOUS, IS NOT QUITE AS DRAMATIC AS MIGHT FIRST APPEAR,+ HE SAID.

AIM IS COMPREHENSIVE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

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THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM IS TO MOVE TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, AND CONSULTATION ON THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION WILL BE UNDERTAKEN LATER THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON POON CHUNG-KWONG, MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT KWUN TONG WOULD BE ONE OF THE FIRST TWO AIR CONTROL ZONES TO BE DECLARED.

HE SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT MONITORED THE AIR QUALITY IN THE DISTRICT FROM A STATION INSTALLED ON THE ROOF OF THE CITY DISTRICT OFFICE BUILDING. ́

THE RELEVANT AIR QUALITY PARAMETERS WERE MEASURED CONTINUOUSLY, AS WERE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. THE RESULTS OF THESE MEASUREMENTS WERE COMPARED WITH THE AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE.

+ IN 1985-86, THE AMOUNTS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE, TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (OR DUST) AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE WERE ALL IN EXCESS OF THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVES ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS,+ MR CHAMBERS SAID.

THE HIGH LEVEL OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE DETECTED IN THE AIR WAS A RESULT CHIEFLY OF THE COMBUSTION OF SULPHUR-BEARING FUEL OIL BY INDUSTRY IN THE AREA.

/+FOLLOWING