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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1994

ENQUIRIES THE TIME IT

ON

AT THE SAME TIME, THE CAREERS EDUCATION CENTER OF THE EDUCATION

315

253 TELEPHONE VISITORS AND RECEIVED DEPARTMENT FURTHER STUDIES, LOCALLY OR OVERSEAS, AND CAREERS BY CLOSED AT 5.30 PM TODAY.

THIS BRINGS TO 1,591 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE

1,005 CALLERS TELEPHONED THE CENTER SINCE THE RELEASE OF RESULTS ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 9).

VISITED AND

THE HKCEE

THE OF

FURTHER STUDIES

MONG KOK STUDENTS AND

THE CAREERS

CENTER AT ROOM 206 EDUCATION GOVERNMENT OFFICES AT 30 LUEN WAN STREET, MONG KOK, PROVIDES WITH REFERENCE

ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR MATERIAL TRAINING, AND INFORMATION ON VARIOUS CAREERS.

JULY AIR QUALITY REPORT

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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR LAST MONTH.

A

FOR SPOKESMAN

THE DEPARTMENT

SAID THE

TODAY (FRIDAY)

PURPOSE OF THE

ANNOUNCEMENT WAS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN THE TERRITORY AND TO EXPLAIN THE MEASUREMENTS.

MONG KOK, THREE

THE ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS MONITORING RESULTS FROM

THESE LOCATIONS ARE TYPICAL OF CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG. OF THE IMPORTANT LAND USE TYPES FOUND IN THE TERRITORY:

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LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP URBAN AREAS; COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; AND DISTRICTS CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

AT

THE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY MONITORS AIR QUALITY CONTINUOUSLY

SHORT-TERM MEASUREMENT EIGHT STATIONS, INCLUDING THE THREE MENTIONED. CAMPAIGNS ARE ALSO UNDERTAKEN AS AND WHERE THE NEED ARISES.

DUST OF

THE REPORTED AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDE

TOTAL SUSPENDED (NO2),

AND PARTICLES,

SULPHUR DIOXIDE (SO2), PARTICULATES

WHICH (TSP) NITROGEN DIOXIDE

RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED COMPRISE ALL SIZES PARTICULATES (RSP) WHICH ARE THE RESPIRABLE FRACTION OF THE DUST.

ALL

THESE

POLLUTANTS

CAN

AFFECT

RESPIRATORY HEALTH

IN

SUFFICIENT CONCENTRATION.

AIR QUALITY IN JULY WAS DOMINATED BY THE HEAVY RAINFALL KEPT DUST LEVELS DOWN AND WASHED OUT SULPHUR DIOXIDE.

WHICH

MEANWHILE, THE LACK OF SUNLIGHT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR OZONE AND

NITROGEN DIOXIDE TO FORM IN THE ATMOSPHERE.

LEVELS OF ALL POLLUTANTS WERE STANDARDS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH,

THE BELOW

RELEVANT 24-HOUR

/THE EXCEPTION