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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1989

HE SAID THE SYSTEM OF PRUDENTIAL SUPERVISION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUAL AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS COMPLIED WITH PRUDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS AND FOLLOWED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WHICH LIMITED RISKS TO PRUDENT LEVELS.

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'THESE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ARE KEPT UNDER ACCOUNT OF CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES. [INSTITUTION'S OPERATIONS ARE CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED, EXCHANGE OPERATIONS,' SIR PIERS SAID.

REVIEW TO TAKE ASPECTS OF AN INCLUDING FOREIGN

ACTION ON SMOKY VEHICLES NOT IMPROVING OVERALL SITUATION

THE ACTION OF SPOTTING SMOKY VEHICLES AND REQUIRING THEM ΤΟ UNDERGO EXAMINATION HAS SOME DETERRENT EFFECT AGAINST SMOKY EMISSIONS. BUT THE OVERALL SITUATION IS NOT IMPROVING SIGNIFICANTLY.

THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING. ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS. THE HON GRAHAM BARNES. SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON TAM YTU-CHUNG.

MR BARNES SAID THIS WAS BECAUSE, FIRST. NOT ENOUGH VEHICLES WERE BEING SPOTTED AND EXAMINED: SO THE CHANCES OF A VEHICLE OPERATOR

BEING CAUGHT AND REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM WERE NOT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH.

'SECOND. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INCENTIVE FOR OWNERS TO KEEP THEIR VEHICLES PROPERLY MAINTAINED TO AVOID EXCESSIVF EMISSIONS IN THE FIRST PLACE. HE SAID.

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MR BARNES SAID THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAD THEREFORE RECENTLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF TRAINED SPOTTERS FROM

150 TO 230.

"AND WE ARE CONSIDERING WAYS TO EXPAND THE TESTING CAPACITY AND. ABOVE ALL. TO INTRODUCE PINES IN THE CONTFIT OF A NEW VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL STRATEGY. HE SAID.

AT PRESENT. OVER 2.000 SMOKY VEHICLES WERE SPOTTED PER MONTIE AND MORE THAN 100 VEHICLES WERE TESTED BY THE EPD PER DAY AT THE 'DEPARTMENT'S TESTING CENTRE. HE SAID.

VEHICLES WHICH FAILED THE SMOKE EMISSION TEST HAD TO UNDERGO FURTHER EXAMINATION UNTIL THEIR EMISSIONS WERE ACCEPTABLE.

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