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Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network results for first half of 2013
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     The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Department of Environmental Protection of Guangdong Province (GDEPD) today (October 31) released the monitoring results of the Pearl River Delta Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network measured from January to June 2013. A report on the analysis of four major air pollutants (i.e. sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone and respirable suspended particulates) is available on both the EPD's website (www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/resources_pub/publications/m_report.html) and the GDEPD's website (www.gdep.gov.cn).

     The environmental monitoring authorities of the two sides will continue to monitor the regional air quality and release to the public the latest monitoring results on a half-yearly basis. The monitoring results for the whole year of 2013 are expected to be available in April 2014.

Ends/Thursday, October 31, 2013
Issued at HKT 15:01

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