Public Prosecutor v China Construction (South Pacific) Dev Co Pte Ltd Country/Territory Singapore Type of court National - higher court Date May 11, 2006 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name District Court Seat of court Singapore Judge Shaiffudin Bin Saruwan Reference number [2006] SGDC 100 Language English Subject Air & atmosphere Keyword Noise standards Noise emission Noise pollution Aircraft noise Vehicle noise Abstract In this case, the defendant was a construction company which was being accused of not respecting the environmental legislation with regards to noise emission.The different evidences provided by the prosecutors and the tests conducted during the investigation showed that the noise resulting from the construction work of the construction company was beyond the environmental standards as provided in the Environmental Pollution Control (Control of Noise at Construction Sites) Regulations. Due to the fact, that the defendant had been repetitively condemned for those kinds of offences and that as Singapore becomes built up, noise pollution is a question of public health, the court decided to send a clear signal and condemned the defendant to an important fine. Full text Public Prosecutor v China Construction.pdf 100.html