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Workshop
on vehicle emissions opens
Local,
regional and overseas experts on vehicle emission control
will congregate in Hong Kong next week to share information
and experience during a workshop aimed to further improve
the control of diesel emission in urban cities.
The two-day workshop on Diesel Vehicle Exhaust Treatment Technology
and Motorcycle Emission, jointly organised by the Environmental
Protection Department and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
will be held on Monday and Tuesday (January 11 and 12) at
the University's Chiang Chen Studio Theatre.
The purpose
of the workshop is to update the professionals, practitioners,
operators, regulators, academics and people in the trade of
diesel vehicles on the state-of-art control technologies and
techniques concerning diesel emissions.
Speakers
at the workshop will include world experts in diesel emission
control; government officers from the State Environmental
Protection Admission of China, Hong Kong SAR, Guangzhou and
Zhuhai; local academics as well as diesel vehicle fleet operators.
They will
review and discuss the development and impacts of diesel emission
control technology and measures.
The workshop
is sponsored by the Kowloon Motor Bus Company Ltd; the United
States - Asia Environmental Partnership; the Manufacturers
of Emission Controls Association of United States and Engelhard
Asia Pacific INC.
The program
of the workshop will be highlighted by a visit to the KMB
maintenance depot. The effectiveness of a diesel catalyst
on a double-decker bus will be demonstrated in the visit.
The workshop
will start at 9 am on Monday. Officiating at the opening ceremony
will be President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Professor Poon Chung-kwong; Deputy Consul General of the US
Consulate General, Mr John Medeiros; Deputy Director of Manufacturers
of Emission Controls Association, Mr Dale Mckinnon; Regional
Sales Manager of Engelhard Asia Pacific INC, Dr Michael Shen;
and Deputy Director of Environmental Protection Department,
Mr Mike Stokoe.
END/Friday,
January 8, 1999
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