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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1993

LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP URBAN DISTRICTS,

*

COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS,

DISTRICTS CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

AND

THE REPORTED AIR

POLLUTANTS

INCLUDE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2),

PARTICULATES (RSP) AND

NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2), RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP),

CONTINUOUSLY

THE GASEOUS POLLUTANTS ARE MONITORED PARTICLE SAMPLES ARE COLLECTED FOR 24 HOURS, ONCE EVERY SIX DAYS.

WHILST

IN TERMS OF AIR POLLUTION, NOVEMBER WAS A QUIET MONTH,

WERE NO EXCEEDANCES OF THE

AIR 24-HOUR

QUALITY OBJECTIVES AND ALL THREE MONITORING STATIONS FOLLOWED SIMILAR TRENDS.

THERE

SITE

AS USUAL, CONCENTRATIONS WERE HIGHEST AT THE STREET-LEVEL

PARTICULATES LEVELS WERE A SIGNIFICANT OF MONG KOK, WHERE NO2 AND PROPORTION OF THE RESPECTIVE 24-HOUR AIR QUALITY OBJECTIVES.

THE FOUR

POLLUTANTS

ORIGINS.

HAVE DIFFERENT

S02 OF SULPHUR CONTAINING FOSSIL

OR. COMBUSTION

BY THE IS ALSO PRODUCED

DISCUSSED MOSTLY ORIGINATES FROM THE COMBUSTION FUELS. NOZ IS FORMED EITHER DIRECTLY DURING ATMOSPHERIC OXIDATION OF NITRIC OXIDE DURING COMBUSTION.

WHICH (NO)

VEHICLE EXHAUST IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF NO AND NO2.

AIRBORNE VEHICLE EXHAUST IS ALSO A MAJOR SOURCE OF

FURNACES AND BOILERS, OTHER SOURCES INCLUDE INDUSTRY, ACTIVITIES, THE SEA AND SOIL DUST.

THE EPD CURRENTLY MONITORS AIR QUALITY

THREE MENTIONED

STATIONS, INCLUDING THE MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGNS ARE ARISES.

ALSO UNDERTAKEN AS

PARTICLES; CONSTRUCTION

CONTINUOUSLY AT EIGHT ABOVE. SHORT-TERM AND WHERE THE

NEED

0

-

LEGCO TO MEET ON WEDNESDAY

ON

CONSUMER

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WILL DEBATE THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS

TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REVIEW AND AIRCRAFT NOISE, PROTECTION AT ITS MEETING ON WEDNESDAY (DECEMBER 15).

TWO

THE OTHER THE FIRST MOTION WILL BE MOVED BY THE HON JAMES TO.

HON MAN SAI-CHEONG WILL BE MOVED BY THE HON EDWARD HO AND THE RESPECTIVELY.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WILL ASK 20 QUESTIONS AND

CONSIDER 11

BILLS.

SECOND

OF THE 11 BILLS, FOUR WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND READINGS. THEY ARE ELECTORAL PROVISIONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS)

2) EMPLOYMENT (NO. 2) BILL

(AMENDMENT) (NO. 1993; (AMENDMENT) BILL 1993 AND COMMODITIES TRADING

SECURITIES

BILL 1993.

BILL

1993; (AMENDMENT)

/DEBATES ON