Hong Kong Regulations

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL (TOLO HARBOUR AND CHANNEL WATER CONTROL ZONE) (APPOINTED DAYS) ORDER - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE

[paragraph 5]

CATEGORIES OF DISCHARGE OR DEPOSIT

1. Any discharge or deposit which is wholly or in part produced in the course
of the following classes of trade or industry-

   (a)  food manufacture, including-

        (i)    slaughtering, preparing and preserving meat;

        (ii)   manufacture of dairy products;

        (iii)  canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables;

        (iv)   canning, preserving and processing of fish and crustacea;

        (v)    manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats, except lard;

        (vi)   manufacture of grain mill products;

        (vii)  manufacture of bakery products;

        (viii) sugar factories and refineries;

        (ix)   manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery;

        (x)    manufacture of other food products; and

        (xi)   manufacture of prepared animal feeds, but excluding
               restaurants, canteens (unless the discharge or deposit
               therefrom constitutes part of a discharge or deposit specified
               in item 1(a) or (b)), and cooked food stalls;

   (b)  beverage industries of-

        (i)    distilling, rectifying and blending spirits;

        (ii)   breweries and manufacture of malt; and

        (iii)  manufacture of soft drinks and carbonated waters including
               their canning, bottling or other containerisation;

   (c)  manufacture of leather, leather products and leathersubstitutes,
        including tanneries and leather finishing but excluding stitching and
        assembling of shoes, bags and similar articles in which no liquid
        effluent is produced;

   (d)  the bleaching, dyeing, stencilling, printing and finishing of
        textiles;

   (e)  manufacture of paper and paper products, comprising the manufacture of
        pulp, paper, and paperboard, containers and boxes of paper and
        paperboard, and other articles of pulp, paper and paperboard, but
        excluding the assembly of dry paper or cardboard articles in which no
        liquid effluent is produced;

   (f)  manufacture, including formulation, blending, packaging and related
        processes, of chemicals and chemical products, including-

        (i)    manufacture of basic industrial chemicals;

        (ii)   manufacture of fertilisers and pesticides;

        (iii)  manufacture of synthetic rubber or resins, plastic materials
               and man-made fibres except glass;

        (iv)   manufacture of paints, varnishes and lacquers;

        (v)    manufacture of drugs and medicines;

        (vi)   manufacture of soap and cleaning preparations, perfumes,
               cosmetics and other toilet preparations; and

        (vii)  manufacture of candles;

   (g)  manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, except products of
        petroleum and coal, and including-

        (i)    manufacture of pottery, china and earthenware;

        (ii)   manufacture of glass and glass products except picture framing
               and other assembly operations in which no liquid effluent is
               produced;

        (iii)  manufacture of structural clay products; and

        (iv)   manufacture of cement, lime and plaster including concrete
               batching;

   (h)  basic metal industries, including-

   (i)  iron and steel basic industries; and

        (ii)   non-ferrous metal basic industry (copper, aluminium etc.);

        (i)    manufacture of fabricated metal products, machinery and
               equipment involving processes of metal surface cleaning,
               degreasing, pickling, plating (electro-plating or plating
               otherwise than by electrolysis, whether or not of precious
               metal), anodizing, chromating, phosphating, chemical milling
               or, etching, gas scrubbing, and any other metal finishing
               operations;

   (j)  repair and maintenance of motor vehicles and motor cycles including
        public transport vehicles;

   (k)  laundering any dry cleaning plants;

   (l)  photographic film processing including motion picture processing. 2.
        Any discharge or deposit produced from a domestic sewage 
        treatment plant. (Enacted 1987)