Supplementary to LegCo Question No. 5
in Legislative Council on 29 May 1985
Mr. P.K. Yeung: -
Sir, will the Government state what special remedial measures
are required in typhoon shelters and how does it solve the
problem of floating refuse?
Secretary for Health and Welfare:-
Sir, typhoon shelters of course have particular problems in
that people actually live in very restricted areas in the
shelters, and the problem lies particularly of course in
refuse from the boats. There is a special programme of collection
of refuse from the harbour generally and particularly from
typhoon shelters. This is the approach that we have adopted
towards this particular problem.
Mr. P.K. Yeung: -
Sir, will the Government inform this Council what beaches are
mainly affected by the potentially polluted drains and what
actions have been taken to improve the situation?
Secretary for Health and Welfare:-
Sir, I don't have details of the exact names of the beaches,
but I can tell you that the method that we're adopting is
largely either to divert the drain away from the beaches, or
rimmed to put a main across the beach which will intercept the
effluent and divert it away from the beach. But I will give
Mr. Yeung a list of the beaches which are affected and the
steps that we are taking towards solving the problem.