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SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1987

"FRICTION CAN BE

REDUCED

AND NOISE NUISANCES MINIMISED BY LUBRICATING OIL ALWAYS KEEPING THE EXHAUST FAN CLEAN AND BY APPLYING TO IT REGULARLY, HE SAID.

..

CARE WHEN HE CALLED ON THE PUBLIC TO TAKE EXTRA

CHOOSING AN AIR-CONDITIONER. "BESIDES THE PRICE AND THE THERMAL UNITS, OTHER FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED ARE WHETHER THE UNIT IS OF A LESS NOISY AND WHETHER IT MAY DRIBBLE.

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UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE, IT IS AN OFFENCE TO CAUSE NUISANCES LIKE DRIBBLING AND EMISSION OF EXCESSIVK FINE NOISE OR HEAT FROM AIR-CONDITIONERS AND THE MAXIMUM PENALTY IS A OF $10,000.

GENERAL

THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT HAS PRODUCED LEAFLETS OUTLINING SOME GUIDELINES ON CHOOSING, INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING AN

DISTRIBUTED TO THE AIR-CONDITIONER. THESE WOULD BE

MANAGEMENTS OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WITH AIR-CONDITIONED SHOPPING ARCADES. RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, OWNERS' MANAGEMENT OFFICES OF LARGE PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES.

APPEALED ΤΟ

CORPORATIONS AND

SUPPLIERS

MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN AIR-CONDITIONERS TO ATTACH A LEAFLET TO THE BILL OR WARRANTY CUSTOMERS' INFORMATION.

OF

FOR

THE LEAFLETS WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT DISTRICT OFFICES OF URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

THE

CITY

AND

CONCERTED EFFORTS NEEDED TO COMBAT DRUG ABUSE

RECENT TRENDS SHOW THAT PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE AMONG ADOLESCENTS IS ON THE INCREASE AND APART FROM GOVERNMENT EFFORTS, CARE, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THEIR FAMILIES, TEACHERS, FRIENDS AND SOCIAL WORKERS WILL HELP COMBAT THIS PROBLEM, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CARITAS LOR HEEP CLUB, MRS WONG SAID THAT THE SITUATION WAS BEING MONITORED CLOSELY BY THE GOVERNMENT WHO WAS CONDUCTING IN-DEPTH STUDIES INTO THE PROBLEM AS WELL AS ORGANISING PREVENTIVE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS FOR SCHOOLS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

MRS WONG NOTED THAT THE ABUSE OF HEROIN AND OPIUM, A SERIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEM IN HONG KONG FOR MANY YEARS, HAD BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL IN RECENT YEARS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ABUSERS.

"ACCORDING TO