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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1992

"IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT IN A SINCE IT WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG, MOVE INTO A NEW AREA OF PRODUCTION.

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RELATIVELY

SHORT PERIOD

THE COMPANY IS ABLE TO

"THE POLYESTER DYEING PLANT WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, AND IT IS A FURTHER CHAPTER OF THE COMPANY'S LONG LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS," HE SAID.

MR BARMA SAID JAPAN WAS NOW THE LEADING OVERSEAS HONG KONG'S MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

INVESTOR IN

"THERE WERE 173 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS WITH JAPANESE INVESTMENT BY THE END OF 1990 AND THEY ACCOUNTED FOR A CUMULATIVE INVESTMENT OF HK$9.5 BILLION, OR 32 PER CENT INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG.

"THESE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS

INITIATIVES

CAPABILITY OF HONG KONG ΤΟ MOVE TOWARDS MANUFACTURING ACTIVITIES," HE SAID.

THE TOTAL OVERSEAS

ALSO UNDERPIN THE MORE

SOPHISTICATED

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FEBRUARY AIR QUALITY REPORT RELEASED

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR FEBRUARY THIS

TODAY (THURSDAY) YEAR AS OBTAINED

AT ITS MONG KOK, CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG MONITORING STATIONS.

THIS IS THE EIGHTH MONTHLY ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT. SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE MADE REGULARLY.

THE REPORTED AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (S02) AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2) WHICH ARE MONITORED CONTINUOUSLY ROUND THE CLOCK, AND TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP) AND RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (RSP) WHICH ARE SAMPLED FOR 24 HOURS EVERY SIX DAYS.

AND SULPHUR DIOXIDE LEVELS IN JANUARY. NO MEASUREMENT EXCEEDED THE

THE GENERAL NITROGEN DIOXIDE FEBRUARY WERE BETTER THAN IN HONG KONG AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES.

THE HIGHER LEVELS MEASURED IN THE BEGINNING AND NEAR THE END OF THE MONTH WERE DUE TO LOWER WIND SPEED AND HENCE POORER DISPERSION OF AIR POLLUTANTS DURING THESE PERIODS.

DUST LEVELS WERE LOWER AS AVERAGE HUMIDITY WAS HIGHER IN FEBRUARY THAN IN JANUARY.

AT THE CENTRAL/WESTERN STATION ALL MONITORING ACTIVITIES WERE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED ON FEBRUARY 13 DUE TO CONSTRUCTION WORK TAKING PLACE AT THE STATION. OPERATION IS EXPECTED TO RESUME IN LATE APRIL.

/THE SPOKESMAN