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HAB's Trust Funds Section moves to new office

The Home Affairs Branch's Trust Funds, Temples and Cemeteries Section will move to Wu Chung House, Wan Chai on Thursday (April 17).

The new address is room 2202, 22nd floor, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East. The telephone numbers and fax line number of the Section remain unchanged.

For enquiries, please call the Section at 2519 9133.

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Air quality report for March released

The Environmental Protection Department today (Tuesday) released air quality information for March 1997.

The information shows no violation of air quality objective values in the month.

The report includes the monitoring results from Mong Kok, Central/Western and Kwai Chung, which represent three important land use types in the territory:

locations close to road traffic in built-up urban areas;

combined commercial and residential districts; and

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districts close to industrial areas.

Air pollutants reported include sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, total suspended particulates, and the respirable suspended particulates. All these pollutants can affect respiratory health in sufficient concentration.

Air pollution originated from various sources, including combustion, industrial and construction processes. In terms of impact on local air quality, motor vehicle exhaust is the most important source of nitrogen dioxide and airborne particulate matter, especially the smaller respirable particles.

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