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* HEALTH WARNING AND TAR

GROUP DESIGNATION WHERE REQUIRED TO BE DISPLAYED MORE

CONSPICIOUSLY AND TO BE ENLARGED

* HEALTH WARNING ON

OUTDOOR CIGARETTE ADVERTISING SIGNS TO BE FREE FROM VISUAL OBSTRUCTION, PROPERLY LIT UP AND CLEARLY VISIBLE

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1992

NEW SMOKING

(PUBLIC HEALTH) (NOTICES) ORDER

NEW SMOKING

(PUBLIC HEALTH) (NOTICES) ORDER

AWARENESS OF INDOOR AIR QUALITY STRESSED

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UNTIL 1.2.1993

UNTIL 1.2.1993

HONG KONG WOULD NEED A CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT DISCIPLINES, IN PARTICULAR, ENGINEERS IN THE VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (HVAC), TO WORK ORDER TO ACHIEVE A HEALTHY AND FUNCTIONAL INDOOR THE GROWING TREND OF "SICK BUILDING SYNDROME".

FROM ALL BUILDING FIELD OF HEATING, OUT A SOLUTION IN ENVIRONMENT AMIDST

THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND

IN HIS MECHANICAL SERVICES, MR KWOK PING-KI,

OPENING

AT ADDRESS

A SEMINAR ON "INDOOR AIR QUALITY" (IAQ) ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR KWOK NOTED THAT WITH BUILDINGS NOWADAYS MADE MORE AIR TIGHT AND PEOPLE SPENDING MORE AND MORE TIME INDOORS, THE DEMAND FOR A HEALTHY AND COMFORTABLE WORKING ENVIRONMENT WAS ON THE INCREASE.

HE SAID IAQ HAD BECOME AN ISSUE OF INCREASING VISIBILITY AND

THE WHICH

AIR ATTENTION IN RECENT YEARS. THE LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE,

AS A CONDITIONING SYSTEM WAS CONSIDERED AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE, SERVED CATALYST TO BRING MORE CONCERN

IAQ AND HUMAN HEALTH IN THE AIR-CONDITIONING INDUSTRY.

OVER

BETTER

IAQ WAS BY NO

THE TO

MR KWOK STRESSED THAT THE SOLUTION TO MEANS SIMPLE AND REQUIRED CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT FROM ALL BUILDING

DESIGNERS DOWN DISCIPLINES, FROM BUILDING SERVICES OPERATING THE SYSTEM AND MAINTAINING IT

PEOPLE

HE STATED THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT MEASURE то ENSURE COMFORT AND GOOD INDOOR AIR QUALITY WAS THE PROPER DESIGN AND SELECTION OF THE HVAC SYSTEMS TO BE UTILISED IN THE BUILDINGS. WITH THE PROGRESS IN INSTRUMENTATION TECHNOLOGY, THE ENGINEERS IN THE FIELD AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY.

WOULD HAVE

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