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New ordinance to control noise from vehicle alarm
Noise from vehicle alarm systems will be controlled under the Noise Control (Amendment) Ordinance 1996 to be effective from April 1 next year.
Under the new ordinance gazetted today (Friday), registered car owners are required to ensure that their vehicle alarm systems will not sound unless the vehicles are being tampered with.
Moreover, the alarms should not sound for more than five minutes.
Failure to comply with any of the two requirements will be liable to a fine of
$10,000.
Explaining the new ordinance, Principal Environmental Protection Officer of the Environmental Protection Department, Mr K S Chan, said that noise from the false activation of vehicle alarms had been a constant source of disturbance to many people in the past few years, especially during late hours.
"False alarms are mostly due to improper installation or incorrect sensitivity settings. Some of the alarms are so sensitive that they would be triggered even when there has been no physical contact.
"Very often, such problems can be solved by just simple adjustments to the alarm system setting," he said.
"If vehicle owners suspect their vehicle alarms are too ensitive, they should immediately have the alarms checked or serviced by competent persons such as those recommended by authorised dealers of vehicles," he added.
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Bill on construction professionals gazetted
A bill seeking to empower the registration boards for architects, engineers, surveyors and planners to make orders for costs incurred in disciplinary proceedings is gazetted today (Friday).
A Government spokesman said at present, registration boards were established under the Registration Ordinance respectively for architects, engineers, surveyors and planners.
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