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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1994

POLLUTION CASES RELEASED

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A TOTAL OF 40 CONVICTIONS WERE MADE IN THE COURTS LAST MONTH FOR BREACHING ANTI-POLLUTION LEGISLATION ENFORCED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

AMONG THEM, 15 WERE CONVICTIONS MADE UNDER THE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE {APCO), 15 UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE

(NCO), (WPCO), NINE UNDER THE NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE UNDER THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE (WDO), A SPOKESMAN FOR DEPARTMENT SAID.

ONE

THE

EIGHT DYEING

THE FINES IMPOSED RANGED FROM $1,000 TO $50,000. FACTORIES WERE PROSECUTED FOR EMITTING EXCESSIVE DARK SMOKE AND THE PINES RANGED FROM $4,000 TO $13,000.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE LIST OF CONVICTED CASES AND THE ASSOCIATED FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS IN JANUARY WILL BE FAXED.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT SPECIFIC CASES CAN BE DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS:

APCO: NCO: WDO:

MR FRANKLIN CHUNG

TEL: 594 6200

MR STEVEN HO

TEL: 594 6500

MR PATRICK LEI

TEL: 685 1133

WPCO:

CASES 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 24, 27, 28:

MR MURRAY LUO

TEL: 415 9211

CASES 5, 7, 11, 15, 17, 23:

MR PATRICK LEI

TEL: 685 1133

HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON GENERAL ISSUES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO DEPARTMENT'S MEDIA RELATIONS UNIT.

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MACAU GOVERNOR VISITS ACP SITES

THE

LATEST

PROGRESS OF

THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, GENERAL VASCO J ROCHA VIEIRA, WAS

ON THE

HONG (TUESDAY) GIVEN AN UPDATE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME (ACP).

TODAY KONG'S

AT HE FIRST CALLED

THE NEW AIRPORT PROJECTS CO-ORDINATION OFFICE (NAPCO) AND WAS BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF NAPCO, MR BILLY LAM, ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE 10 ACP PROJECTS.

/HE THEN