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It also includes an overall energy balance which summarises the sources and uses of different forms of energy, and depicts their relationships in the energy transformation processes.
Regarding various oil products, statistics on list prices, storage capacity, tank stock, imports, re-exports, retained imports, average unit values of imports, and quantity of sales by type of user are presented in the report.
Figures on imports, re-exports, retained imports and average unit values of imports of selected coal products are given.
For electricity and gas, the report shows figures on tariff charges, generating capacity, production and consumption by type of user.
Annual figures for the years 1985 to 1995 are provided with respect to most of these statistics. In addition, quarterly figures for 1994 and 1995 are presented for selected items.
The report is already on sale at $16 per copy at the Government Publication Centre, ground floor, Low Block, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong, and the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department, 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Enquiries about the energy statistics published in the report can be made to the Industrial Production Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2882 4171.
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83 convicted pollution cases in June
A total of 83 convictions were recorded in the courts in June for breaching anti- pollution legislation enforced by the Environmental Protection Department.
Among them, 25 were convictions made under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance, 33 under the Noise Control Ordinance, 14 under the Air Pollution Control Ordinance, two under the Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance and nine under the Waste Disposal Ordinance.
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