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52 pollution cases in April

A total of 52 convictions were made in the courts last month for breaching anti- pollution legislation enforced by the Environmental Protection Department.

Among them, 10 were convictions made under the Air Pollution Control Ordinance (APCO), 13 under the Noise Control Ordinance (NCO), 15 under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance (WPCO), 11 under the Waste Disposal Ordinance (WDO) and three under the Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance (OLPO).

The fines ranged from $800 to $60,000. Sussex Development Limited was fined $60,000 for discharging polluting matter in the Tolo Harbour and Channel Water Control Zone.

Attention News Editors:

Enquiries on specific cases can be directed to the following officers:

Case

Officer

Tél

Cases 1-5 Cases 6-8

Betty Cheung

2402 5201

Franklin Chung

2417 6074

11 24-25

Cases 9, 12 Cases 13-20

Dick Rootham

2755 2200

Patrick Lei

2685 1133

26-30

39-44

Cases 21-23

38 Cases 31-37

10

Steven Ho

2516 1800

Murray Luo

2411 9601

45-49

Cases 50-52

Raymond Leung

2594 6401

However, enquiries on general issues should be directed to the department's Media Relations Unit.

End/Tuesday, May 16, 1995

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