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The long-term solution to this problem is the
provision of proper sewage disposal facilities so that
existing and future developments can be connected to main
public sewers. To achieve this ends an overall sewage strategy for the whole ferritory, and master sewerage plans
for different areas (such as the south of Hong Kong Island)
are being developed under separate consultancies.
implement these plans will require an estimated expenditure
of some $10 billion and a phased programme of works over 10
years.
a series of
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In the medium term, it is necessary to tackle at
source the sewage pollution problems of bathing beaches
using the Water Pollution Control Ordinance.
This
The Ordinance
is currently implemented only in the Tolo Harbour area,
which is at present Hong Kong's only water control zone. We
plan to declare the Southern
Southern waters as the second water
control zone later this year, and this will cover all of the
22 bathing beaches in the Southern and Islands Districts.
Initially, all sewage treatment facilities in this proposed
water control zone, including sewage treatment plants and
septic tanks, will be controlled. Later, commercial and
industrial effluents will also be included. Similar
controls will eventually be extended to the rest of the
coastal waters of Hong Kong, following their declaration as
water control zones.
Some
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In addition, short-term works to intercept and
divert the stormwater drains running into Repulse Bay,
Stanley Main and Tung Wan Beaches are planned to be carried