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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1991

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GOVERNMENT FLEET JOINS THE DRIVE TO ULP

THE INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED PETROL (ULP) TO HONG KONG MARKS A NEW ERA WHICH WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS TO THE TERRITORY, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNNG, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

MR BARNES WAS SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF ULP AT THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DEPOT IN CAROLINE HILL

BAY, ROAD, CAUSEWAY

WHERE GOVERNMENT FLEET VEHICLES JOINING THE "GREEN DRIVE" WERE ON DISPLAY.

MR BARNES SAID: "THE WHITE PAPER ON POLLUTION, PUBLISHED IN 1989, CALLED FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED PETROL

THE CORNER-STONE WITHOUT WHICH HONG KONG COULD NEVER HOPE то ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF MODERN EMISSION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY.

"LAST TUESDAY (MARCH 26), EXCO APPROVED REGULATIONS WHICH REQUIRE THAT ALL VEHICLES IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG WHETHER PETROL OR DIESEL-POWERED COMPLY WITH CURRENT INTERNATIONAL EMISSION STANDARDS, AS FROM JANUARY 1, 1992.

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IN PRACTICE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MOTORBIKES AND MOTOR-TRICYCLES, ALL PETROL-DRIVEN VEHICLES FROM

DATE REQUIRED TO RUN EXCLUSIVELY ON UNLEADED PETROL,

BE

THAT

WILL MR BARNES SAID.

MORE

FROM TODAY, ULP WILL BE ON SALE AT ALL OF THE TERRITORY'S SERVICE STATIONS, AT LEAST HK$1 A LITRE LESS THAN LEADED PETROL. THAN 70 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S PETROL-DRIVEN VEHICLES CAN USE THE FUEL IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ADJUSTMENT, OR ANY RISK OF DAMAGE OR REDUCED

PERFORMANCE.

FILL-UPS

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ADJUSTMENT ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF VEHICLES WILL NEED A MINOR

PERIODIC RUN ON ULP; 14 PER CENT CAN USE ULP, BUT WILL NEED OF LEADED PETROL TO LUBRICATE SOFT VALVE SEATS. THE REMAINING SIX CENT ARE UNSUITABLE FOR ULP.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN A FIRM "GREEN" STAND

ON

THE USE OF

ULP.

VANS,

IT'S 4,669 PETROL-DRIVEN FLEET OF

AND MOTORCYCLES

CARS TUNING HAVE CAN RUN ON ULP. SIXTY-EIGHT VEHICLES WHICH NEEDED ENGINE ALREADY BEEN ADJUSTED.

TO SIGNIFY THE SWITCH, EACH STATING "WE'VE JOINED THE DRIVE" POLLUTION IN HONG KONG.

VEHICLE WILL DISPLAY A STICKER IN THE CAMPAIGN то REDUCE AIR

THE GOVERNMENT RUNS APPROXIMATELY 7,200 EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE-MANUFACTURED VEHICLES, OF WHICH 2,500 ARE DIESEL-ENGINED. THE ULP FLEET

2,455 PANEL AND GLASS-SIDED VANS, 1,316

COMPRISES

MOTORCYCLES AND 898 SALOON CARS.

/THE GOVERNOR'S