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Press
Release
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convicted pollution cases recorded in July
Fifty-three convictions were recorded in July for breaching anti-pollution
legislation enforced by the Environmental Protection Department.
Among them,
21 were convictions made under the Air Pollution Control Ordinance,
13 under the Waste Disposal Ordinance, 11 under the Noise Control
Ordinance, six under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance and two
under Dumping At Sea Ordinance.
A company was
hit with two fines of $50,000 -- the heaviest fine for July -- for
using powered mechanical equipment without a valid construction
noise permit and for carrying out prescribed construction works
without a valid construction noise permit.
End/Tuesday,
August 19, 2003
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