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of day, the activity being performed, and the physical and

mental state of the person hearing the noise.

5.4

Whilst some noise is inevitable in a major city

like Hong Kong, present noise levels are excessive and must

be reduced in order to safeguard the well-being of the

community.

POLICY OBJECTIVES

5.5

subjective

for

ma ny

Because

people's reactions to noise are highly

and it is very difficult to have noise levels

activities it is not possible to set practically

absolute noise objectives that would satisfy

Our aim shou Id therefore be to

attainable,

the

entire community.

i mp le ment

controls and planning strategies that are capable

achieving a tolerable noise climate, which the ma jority

of the population would find acceptable.

of

5.6

The

Government's overall policy objectives for

noise control are therefore :

to

control specific sources of

noise through

enforce ment of the Noise Control Ordinance (NCO)

and its associated regulations.

to prescribe noise

standards in the Environment

Chapter of the

Hong Kong Planning Standards and

Guidelines,

to guide those

concerned with

development in planning against noise in both the

pu blic and private sectors.

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