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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1990

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EDUCATION CAMPAIGN FOR AIR-CONDITIONER USERS

A TERRITORY-WIDE CAMPAIGN AIMED AT EDUCATING AIR-CONDITIONER USERS TO KEEP THEIR UNITS IN GOOD ORDER SO AS TO AVOID CAUSING NUISANCE TO OTHERS, WILL BE LAUNCHED ON TUESDAY, MAY 1.

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THE CAMPAIGN, ENTITLED "GET YOUR AIR-CONDITIONERS READY FOR THE SUMMER' IS RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL COUNCIL. IT WILL LAST THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT ALTHOUGH AIR CONDITIONING UNITS BROUGHT COMFORT TO LIFE, THEY MIGHT, AT SOME

TIME, CAUSE NUISANCE TO NEIGHBOURS AS A RESULT OF WATER DRIPPING AND EMISSION OF EXCESSIVE HEAT OR NOISE.

"COMPLAINTS AGAINST THESE KINDS OF NUISANCE ARE PARTICULARLY COMMON DURING THE HOT SUMMER MONTHS," HE ADDED. "HOWEVER, THEY CAN BE AVOIDED BY TAKING PROPER PRECAUTIONS."

DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, A 24-HOUR TELEPHONE HOTLINE, 723 0013, WILL PROVIDE ADVICE IN CANTONESE ON HOW SUCH NUISANCE COULD BE PREVENTED.

A TELEVISION API (ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST) WILL ALSO BE screened TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS.

FURTHERMORE, EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE SUCH AS ADVISORY LETTERS, POSTERS AND LEAFLETS, WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND LARGE INCORPORATION, MUTUAL AIR-CONDITIONERS.

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THE MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE HOUSING PROJECTS, OWNERS' COMMITTEES

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PUBLICITY LEAFLETS ARE ALSO OBTAINABLE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICES (ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE) OF THE URBAN SERVICES AND REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION.

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TO AVOID CAUSING NUISANCE TO AND COMPLAINTS BY NEIGHBOURS, SPOKESMAN APPEALED TO AIR-CONDITIONER USERS TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:

* CHOOSE A SUITABLE AND LESS NOISY TYPE OF AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT APART FROM CONSIDERING ITS THERMAL CAPACITY WHEN MAKING A PURCHASE;

* CHOOSE A SUITABLE POSITION WHICH SHOULD BE FARTHEST POSSIBLE FROM THE NEIGHBOURING RESIDENCE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT;

* IN CASE WATER DRIPS FROM THE AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT, DO PROVIDE UNDERNEATH A COLLECTING BASIN WHICH SHOULD BE FITTED WITH A RUBBER HOSE TO CONVEY THE DRIP TO PROPER DRAINAGE; AND

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