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Press
Release
79
convicted pollution cases in December
A total of 79
convictions were recorded in December for breaching anti-pollution
legislation enforced by the Environmental Protection Department.
Among them,
24 were convictions made under the Noise Control Ordinance, 22 under
the Air Pollution Control Ordinance, 20 under the Waste Disposal
Ordinance and 13 under the Water Pollution Control Ordinance.
The heaviest
fine was $100,000.
A construction
company was fined $100,000 last month for discharging waste or polluting
matter into the Western Buffer Water Control Zone.
End/Tuesday,
January 16, 2001
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