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Our
Contribution to the Environment
Planning
for a Better Environment
Prevention
and Mitigation through Environmental Impact Assessment
Better Air Qualiy
Quieter Environment
Environmentally Sound Waste
Management
Better Water Quality
We
will formulate and implement programmes to improve and safeguard
the environment "
Chart
of Population exposed to road traffic noise above Planning
Stardard
Quieter
Environment
Environmental
noise is one of the most pervasive nuisances that affects
the quality of life. Our goal is to protect and maintain an
acceptable acoustic environment for the community by:
- advising
on technical solutions on potential noise problems identified
in advance during the land-use planning process
- managing
noise abatement programmes to bring relief to existing residential
flats and schools adversely affected by traffic noise; and
- enforcing
the Noise Control Ordinance
While
noise from commercial activities and road traffic in new towns
is under control, noise from daytime construction activities
and road traffic in the older developed areas is still a matter
of concern. For the foreseeable future, we need to be vigilant,
continuing the efforts and responding to the rising public
aspirations on the quality of living. We plan to review the
controls on daytime construction noise, specifically the noise
created by domestic renovation sources, and plan to gauge
the general noise environment.
Concurrently,
we need to generate new ideas, such as the development-hub
concept whereby an environmentally-friendly railway is the
main transport link between developed business centres and
residential estates. Overall, quieter forms of transportation
must be established and more traffic free zones created.
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