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NOVEMBER AIR QUALITY REPORT RELEASED
(THURSDAY)
MONG
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR NOVEMBER AS OBTAINED AT ITS KOK, CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG MONITORING STATIONS,
THIS IS THE FIFTH MONTHLY ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE REGULARLY.
DEPARTMENT.
THE
SIX
(802) AND THE REPORTED AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDE SULPHUR DIOXIDE
ARE MONITORED
ROUND CONTINUOUSLY NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2) WHICH
(TSP) AND RESPIRABLE CLOCK, AND TOTAL
PARTICULATES SUSPENDED SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (RSP) WHICH ARE SAMPLED FOR 24 HOURS EVERY DAYS.
THAN IN THE GENERAL NO2 LEVEL IN NOVEMBER WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER
DAILY NOR HOURLY AIR OCTOBER, ALTHOUGH NO MEASUREMENT EXCEEDED THE QUALITY OBJECTIVES OF NO2 ANYWHERE.
DUST LEVELS (TSP AND RSP) IN THE
AIR
IN NOVEMBER
WERE ALSO
HIGHER THAN IN OCTOBER.
AS HONG KONG GETS INTO WINTER RISING NITROGEN DIOXIDE AND DUST LEVELS.
THERE MONTHS,
IS A TREND OF
AN EPD SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE DRY AND THE LESS EFFICIENT DISPERSION ABILITY IN WINTER POLLUTANT LEVELS TO RISE.
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITION GENERALLY CAUSED
THE
SAID THE SPOKESMAN
THE MAKE THE PUBLIC MORE AWARE OF THE GENERAL AIR QUALITY LEVELS TO
ATMOSPHERIC AND OTHER THEY MIGHT BE EXPOSED, AND THE AFFECT AIR QUALITY.
COMBUSTION OF FUEL IN ARE ALSO
THESE AIR POLLUTANTS MAINLY COME FROM INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND MOTOR VEHICLES ENGINES. TSP AND RSP GENERATED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND SOME MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.
PURPOSE OF
ANNOUNCEMENT
FACTORS
IS TO WHICH THAT
/THE DAILY
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