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WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1988

"IN

MANY

AREAS

FACTORIES BUILDINGS

CAN OPERATE AND

IN

RESIDENTIAL

PARTS OF HONG KONG, RESIDENTIAL

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE VIRTUALLY INDISTINGUISHABLE.

WHERE

STRICTLY BE TOTALLY

"EVEN IF THE PROVISIONS IN THE NOISE CONTROL BILL ARE

THAT THE RESULT WILL ENFORCED, THERE IS NO

SATISFACTORY.

GUARANTEE

IT

FOR

IS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT "TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT FUTURE TOWN PLANNING HAS TO DISTINGUISH CAREFULLY DIFFERENT AREAS DIFFERENT USAGES.

"AND IT IS NECESSARY THAT TOWN PLANNING GUIDELINES

FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE CONTROL BILL,' MR HU CONCLUDED.

*

BE UPDATED

WITH THE PROVISIONS IN THE NOISE

CIVIC EDUCATION ON NOISE POLLUTION NEEDED

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD INCLUDE IN ITS CIVIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND PROGRAMMES A TERRITORY-WIDE DRIVE TO GET WIDESPREAD PUBLIC SUPPORT IN CONTROLLING AND REDUCING NOISE NEIGHBOURHOOD, THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE DURING THE RESUMED DEBATE ON THE BILL.

POLLUTION IN THE GENERAL SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE

NOISE CONTROL BILL 1988,

BY GENERAL NEIGHBOURHOOD NOISE, MR CHEONG-LEEN REFERRED TO THE NOISE FROM DOMESTIC PREMISES BY SOURCES SUCH AS TV SETS OR DOGS, AND NOISE PRODUCED IN PUBLIC PLACES BY HAWKERS, LOUDSPEAKERS AND SO ON.

THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WOULD INVOLVE CHANGING ATTITUDES ON THE PART OF THE POPULATION AND SHOWING MORE RESPECT FOR THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS TO ENJOY A GREATER MEASURE OF PEACE AND QUIET, HE SAID.

"THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS BILL AS I SEE IT IS TO BRING DOWN THE LEVEL OF NOISE AS A DAY-TO-DAY ·

NUISANCE AND OFTEN INTOLERABLE TO THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.

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