XN000022-1994-04-13 — Page 19

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994

18

BY FOR BEING

HENCE, THERE HAS BEEN LESS WASHING OUT OF DUST FROM THE AIR FALLING RAIN DROPS AND MORE SURFACE DUST HAS BEEN AVAILABLE BLOWN INTO THE AIR.

THE

AND GASES

PARTICLES

DESCRIBED

VARIOUS ORIGINATE FROM

CONTAIN SULPHUR ARE

SOURCES. SO2 IS MOSTLY PRODUCED WHEN FUELS THAT BURNED.

NOZ IS FORMED DURING COMBUSTION BY THE COMBINATION OF AND OXYGEN.

HOWEVER THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FORMED IN THE ATMOSPHERE OXIDATION OF NITRIC OXIDE (NO), ALSO A PRODUCT OF COMBUSTION.

NITROGEN

BY

THE

VEHICLE EXHAUSTS ARE IMPORTANT SOURCES OF NITRIC OXIDE AND IN TERMS OF IMPACT ON LOCAL AIR QUALITY.

THESE EXHAUSTS ARE ALSO A MAJOR SOURCE OF AIRBORNE MATTER, ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER RESPIRABLE PARTICLES.

PARTICLES

INCLUDE

INDUSTRY,

OTHER SOURCES OF BOILERS, CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, THE SEA AND THE SOIL.

NO2

PARTICULATE

FURNANCES AND

CLIMATE ALWAYS WAY

MAN-MADE

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WHILST THE WEATHER AND AFFECT THE CONCENTRATIONS OF POLLUTANTS IN THE AIR, THE ONLY SURE OF REDUCING THE LEVELS SOURCES.

IS

TO REDUCE

EMISSIONS

FROM THE

NOTE TO EDITORS:

REPORT AND OTHER PROTECTION

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS AIR QUALITY AIR QUALITY ISSUES, PLEASE CONTACT PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICER MR RAYMOND LEUNG ON TEL 594 6401.

―

EMPLOYMENT IMPORTANT FOR THE DISABLED

FOK,

INTO SAID

EMPLOYMENT IS THE BEST WAY FOR THE DISABLED TO INTEGRATE COMMUNITY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MRS KATHERINE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

KONG FOR THE WORKED

EXPANSION OF HONG OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND'S HEALTH MASSAGE AND TREATMENT CENTRE BLIND IN SHAM SHUI PO, MRS FOK SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD

THE DISABLED VERY HARD IN EXPANDING THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES OF

THE RESULT WAS VERY THROUGH ITS SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE AND ENCOURAGING.

"TAKE

1,340 DISABLED SHE SAID.

SECURED OPEN

AS AN ILLUSTRATION, 1993 EMPLOYMENT JOBS THROUGH THE SERVICE,'

/"THEY INCLUDED