Government Laboratory - Environmental Chemistry A Section

Government Laboratory

Analytical and Advisory Services Division

Environmental Chemistry A Section

About the Section

This Section carries out chemical analysis and provides advisory service, in relation to organic pollutants, to client departments in support of the monitoring of air quality, water quality and waste management as well as the enforcement of environmental regulations on the control of release of organic pollutants. The Section also offers technical services to other government departments, for example, the source identification of spilled oils in Hong Kong waters for the Marine Department under the Shipping and Port Control Ordinance.

Responsibilities

This Section helps to implement the following Ordinances under the Laws of Hong Kong:

Air Pollution Control Ordinance
Water Pollution Control Ordinance
Waste Disposal Ordinance
Shipping and Port Control Ordinance
Ozone Layer Protection Ordinance
Hazardous Chemicals Control Ordinance

This section also provides analytical support to other government departments in relation to the investigation of air quality, water quality and waste management. In particular, it provides analytical support to the Environmental Protection Department for its environmental monitoring programmes on organic pollutants release.

For the HOKLAS accredited tests undertaken by this section, please click here for details.

Key Personnel

Senior Chemist: Mr. P O Tang
(Tel. No.: 2762-3876 E-mail: potang@govtlab.gov.hk)

Chemist and Chemical Analyst (E-mail address)	Tel. No.
Dr. W K Chu, Chemist (wkchu2@govtlab.gov.hk)	2762-3868
Dr. K M Lam, Chemical Analyst (kmlam@govtlab.gov.hk)	2762-3866
Dr. H M Lee, Chemical Analyst (hmlee@govtlab.gov.hk)	2762-3833
Dr. M L Man, Chemist (mlman@govtlab.gov.hk)	2762-3867

Quality Assurance

Typical percentage of tests on routine samples for quality control purposes : 28%

The section has participated regularly in the following proficiency tests:

International Sediment Exchange for Tests on Organic Contaminants, organized by the Department of Soil Quality of the Wageningen University
International Inter-calibration Study on Dioxins
World-wide & Regional Intercomparison for the determination of organic pollutants, organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency
Interlaboratory Comparison on Dioxins in Food, organized by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Key Instruments

The following instruments are used routinely by the Section:

High resolution gas chromatograph with high resolution mass spectrometer
Gas chromatograph with various detectors
Gas chromatograph with mass spectrometers and cryogenic concentrators
High performance liquid chromatograph with various detectors

Targets and Key Indicators

Key Performance Measures Relating to the Advisory and Investigative Services of Environmental Samples

For the targets and key indicators for the advisory and investigative services of environmental samples, please click here for details.

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