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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991

THE DAILY HONG KONG AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES OF SO2 AND NO2, TSP ARE 350, 150, 260 AND 180 MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METRE

AND RSP RESPECTIVELY.

RECOGNISED OF THE GENERAL

THESE OBJECTIVES ARE COMPARABLE TO INTERNATIONALLY AIR QUALITY STANDARDS RECOMMENDED FOR THE PROTECTION HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC.

HIGH LEVELS OF 802 CAUSE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, REDUCE LUNG FUNCTION AND INCREASE MORTALITY RATE.

NOZ CAUSES RESPIRATORY IRRITATION, INCREASES SUSCEPTIBILITY RESPIRATORY INFECTION AND IMPAIRS LUNG DEVELOPMENT.

TO

TSP ACTS SYNERGISTICALLY WITH OTHER GASEOUS POLLUTANTS AND RSP CAUSES RESPIRATORY ILLNESS, REDUCES LUNG FUNCTION AND RSP MAY CAUSE CANCER.

FORMS OF

BROADLY ROAD

STATIONS THE MONG KOK, CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG

AIR REPRESENT

QUALITY RESPECTIVELY AT:

TO LOCATIONS CLOSE TRAFFIC IN BUILD-UP URBAN DISTRICT; COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; AND DISTRICTS CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

CURRENTLY THE EPD OPERATES A TOTAL OF 11 FIXED AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS, INCLUDING THE THREE MENTIONED ABOVE.

TSIM

PO AND SHA

THE OTHER EIGHT STATIONS ARE AT KWUN TONG, SHAM SHUI PO, SHA TSUI, TSEUNG KWAN O, TSUEN WAN, HONG KONG SOUTH, TAI TIN.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FURTHER ENQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE ACTING PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER, MR TSUI WING-SING, ON TEL. 810 3049.

/HONG KONG