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standards to be observed are contained in the
Technical
Memorandum on
Noise from Construction
Work Other Than Percussive Piling.
Noise
premises
from
is
which ma y
industrial,
controlled
trade or commercial
by abatement notices,
be issued by DEP whenever noise levels
exceed the criteria set down in the Technical
for the Assessment
Memorandum
Places
Other
Than
Domestic
of Noise From
Premises, Public
Places or Construction Sites.
Noise from
individual
vehicles, jack
controlled by
standards for
products such as motor
ha m mers or Compressors ma y be
regulations specifying noise
such items when first manufactured
or imported into Hong Kong and also when in use
in Hong Kong.
5.8
required
November
Permits for
general construction work will be
from August 1989 and for percussive piling from
1989. It is expected that the provisions relating
abate ment notices, domestic premises and public
places will be brought into effect by November 1989.
to noise
5.9
In
addition
to
the NCO, there are other
legislative controls on environmental noise in the Civil
Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance and its su bsidiary
(Construction and
Road Traffic
regulations and in the
Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations. The former provides
for an aircraft noise certification scheme consistent with
standards together with restrictions
international
aircraft operations
on
and aircraft engine ground runs at Kai
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