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15.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1991

SUCH

OF THE AIR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE THE IMPLEMENTATION

WHICH HAVE REDUCED POLLUTION CONTROL (FUEL RESTRICTION) REGULATIONS

OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE IN THE AIR IN DRAMATICALLY THE AMOUNT

MIXED

RESIDENTIAL/INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY

TO DEAL

ALSO, SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF A WITH AIR POLLUTION PRODUCED BY MOTOR VEHICLES WERE FINALISED.

THIS STRATEGY INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO SMOKE EMISSION CONTROLS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW AND THE INTRODUCTION OF UNLEADED PETROL,

FOR NEW CARS, AND MORE STRINGENT EMISSION CONTROL DESIGN STANDARDS ACTION TO RESTRAIN THE USE OF DIESEL..

SAW A

VERY SATISFACTORY

THE YEAR 1990 ALSO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL PLAN.

FIRST YEAR

OF

AND

THEIR LARGE, REMOTE

THAT PLAN ENVISAGED THE CLOSURE OF OLD REFUSE INCINERATORS

URBAN

AND LANDFILLS A NUMBER OF SMALL, INEFFICIENT,

TRANSFER STATIONS FEEDING REPLACEMENT BY A SERIES OF REFUSE

AND OPERATED, LANDFILLS IN ENVIRONMENTALLY WELL ENGINEERED LOCATIONS.

WHICH

WATER POLLUTION

BECAME AVAILABLE ORDINANCE

IMPROVED MEANS OF TACKLING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (AMENDMENT}

1990,

REMOVED EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING OF DISCHARGES EXISTING FACTORIES WITHIN WATER CONTROL ZONES, AND

OF DISCHARGES PER CENT PERMITTED INCREASE FACTORIES HAD PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED.

OF ABOLISHED THE 30 WHICH THOSE EXEMPTED

THE

ENVIRONMENT HONG KONG 1991, AT $30 A COPY, IS AVAILABLE AT

CENTRE AT GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING,

PUBLICATION

GOVERNMENT CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON THE CONTENT OF THE REPORT CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING EPD OFFICERS:

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & ASSESSMENT

MR SIMON HUT

TEL. NO. 835 1105

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT

MR C.W. TSE

TEL. NO. 835 1088

NOISE. MR RAYMOND CHAN

TEL. NO. 835 1122

WATER & WASTES

MR PAUL HOLMES DR DANIEL LAU

TEL. NO. 835 1003 TEL. NO. 782 7300

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