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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1992

COMPANIES PROVIDE DATA FOR PAY TREND SURVEY

COMPANIES SIXTY-NINE

CARRIED OUT BY

PARTICIPATED IN THE THE STANDING COMMISSION

1991/92 PAY

ON CIVIL

TREND

SERVICE

SURVEY SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL

MR STUART HARBINSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

TODAY

SERVICE, (WEDNESDAY).

AND

CONSTRUCTION

HE SAID THESE COMPANIES WERE FROM THE MANUFACTURING, RETAIL, FINANCE AND

SERVICES, BUSINESS

TRANSPORT

COMMUNICATION,

AND ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS,

WHOLESALE

AND

AND

ELECTRICITY AND GAS SECTORS.

100

AMONG THEM, 25 WERE SMALL ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING BETWEEN AND 499 WORKERS; 27 WERE MEDIUM-SIZED ESTABLISHMENTS EMPLOYING BETWEEN 500 AND 1,499 WORKERS; AND 17 WERE LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS STAFF OR MORE.

WITH 1,500

MR EDWARD HO.

HARBINSON

WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION

RAISED

BY

THE

HON

AIR QUALITY IN TUNNELS CLOSELY MONITORED

* *

ALL TUNNELS ARE INSPECTED REGULARLY AND RECORDS ARE SCRUTINISED TO ENSURE THAT AIR QUALITY IN THE TUNNELS IS MAINTAINED WITHIN THE APPROVED STANDARD,

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR LEUNG, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL STEVEN POON, IN THE

MR LEUNG SAID LEVELS OF CARRON MONOXIDE WERE USED AS INDICATOR OF OVERALL AIR POLLUTION IN TUNNELS. CARBON MONOXIDE MONITORED CONTINUOUSLY IN ALL TUNNELS, USING AUTOMATIC EQUIPMENT.

AN

WAS

"IF CONCENTRATIONS RISE TO BETWEEN 50 AND 100 PARTS PER MILLION, WHICH IS WELL WITHIN THE STANDARD SET, AUDIBLE AND VISUAL ALARMS ARE AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATED IN THE TUNNEL CONTROL ROOM.

"THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IS IMMEDIATELY ADJUSTED TO IMPROVE THE AIR QUALITY, HE SAID.

**

MR LEUNG SAID THE MAXIMUM LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE ALLOWED WERE 250 PARTS PER MILLION DURING ANY 30-MINUTE PERIOD FOR THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, 125 PARTS PER MILLION AT ANY TIME FOR THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING AND 150 PARTS PER MILLION FOR THE TATE'S CAIRN

TUNNEL.

/"THE DIFFERENCES

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