[Fugitives Regulations] Citizens Release Tear Grenades in Police in Distressed Areas

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Written by: Liang Huanmin

2019-11-27 16:15

The large-scale police-civilian conflict triggered by the June revision of the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance has not yet completely subsided. The police use tear gas to disperse demonstrators from time to time. In addition, debris is burned from time to time on the street. Today (27th) The Red Tunnel was reopened, and the flyover to the bus interchange was full of strong tear gas bombs and scorched odors. Many citizens were worried about air quality issues. In the Legislative Council question, some Members were concerned about air quality issues. The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, said that the levels of dioxin levels in Hong Kong had been similar at the two monitoring stations in the past five years. There were no abnormalities in the dioxin concentrations recorded at the station.

Recently, more than nine districts in Hong Kong and Kowloon have become a "battlefield" for police-civilian conflicts. Many people are concerned about the impact on their air quality. (Profile picture / Photo by Yu Junliang)

On the first day of the re-opening of the Red Tunnel after nearly two weeks of closure, many students and wage earners went to the bus stops on the north and south sides to travel to and from Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. KMB also sent vehicles and manpower to prepare. The order is generally normal and passengers Just wait less than 5 minutes to get on the bus. The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" arrived at the scene at 7 am. The pedestrian bridges leading to various bus stops still smelled of scorching. During the period, I also saw pedestrians wearing masks or covering their mouth and nose with hands. The cleaners also talked about cleaning the relevant sections.

Recently, many citizens are worried about the air quality in various districts, especially the dioxin level, because they are worried that the tear gas will release dioxin. Huang Jinxing wrote in writing that the Environmental Protection Agency established two air quality monitoring stations in the Central and Western District and Tsuen Wan Air Quality Monitoring Station. The number of dioxin monitoring points is measured, and the data can reflect the dioxin levels of most citizens. In the past five years, the dioxin concentrations recorded at the two monitoring stations were roughly the same. The air quality monitoring stations monitored dioxin, and the dioxin concentrations recorded by the two monitoring stations in the past few months did not show any abnormalities.

He pointed out that dioxin is not a single species, and contains multiple compounds with a common unique chemical structure and characteristics. The sampling and chemical analysis involve complex procedures and precision instruments. It usually takes several weeks to complete the chemical analysis. In addition, the current market There is no instrument that can measure dioxin concentration in real time.

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