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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1992

THE

AGREEMENT WAS REACHED FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG DELEGATION AND THE AUSTRIAN DELEGATION, FROM DECEMBER 9 10.

THE CURRENT HONG KONG/AUSTRIA TEXTILES AGREEMENT QUOTA CATEGORIES AND EIGHT EXPORT AUTHORISATION CATEGORIES.

THE

ΤΟ

COVERS FOUR

OF TEXTILES AND MORE THAN 70 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL EXPORTS CLOTHING FROM HONG KONG TO AUSTRIA IN 1991 WERE COVERED BY THE CURRENT AGREEMENT.

NOVEMBER AIR QUALITY REPORT RELEASED

THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

TODAY

(SATURDAY)

RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR LAST MONTH.

THIS IS THE 12TH MONTHLY ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT.

OBTAINED

THE ANNOUNCEMENT NORMALLY CONTAINS MONITORING RESULTS AT ITS MONG KOK, CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG MONITORING STATIONS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

AND THE REPORTED AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2)

THE ROUND NITROGEN DIOXIDE

WHICH IS MONITORED CONTINUOUSLY (NO2) CLOCK, AND TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP) AND RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (RSP) WHICH IS SAMPLED FOR 24 HOURS EVERY SIX DAYS.

THESE AIR POLLUTANTS MAINLY COME FROM THE COMBUSTION OF FUEL IN TSP AND RSP IS ALSO INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND IN MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES, GENERATED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND SOME MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, AS WELL AS BY NATURAL SOURCES.

WITHIN THE AIR AND LOW HIGH DUST

IN NOVEMBER THE LEVEL OF ALL POLLUTANTS WAS QUALITY OBJECTIVES. HOWEVER, LOCAL ACTIVITIES, DRY WEATHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY WERE CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS TO RELATIVELY LEVELS.

PUBLIC MIGHT BE

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE ANNOUNCEMENT SERVED TO MAKE THE AWARE OF THE GENERAL AIR QUALITY LEVELS TO WHICH THEY

MORE EXPOSED,

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

THESE

OBJECTIVES ARE COMPARABLE TO INTERNATIONALLY AIR QUALITY STANDARDS RECOMMENDED FOR PROTECTING THE HEALTH GENERAL PUBLIC.

HIGH LEVEL OF SO2 CAUSES RESPIRATORY FUNCTION AND INCREASES MORTALITY RATE.

RECOGNISED OF THE

REDUCES ILLNESS,

LUNG

/NO2 CAUSES

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