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MR.
CHEONG-LEEN : Sir, the Secretary for Health and
Welfare just said that the southern waters of the Island
would be declared a controlled zone sometime in October
this year, which would be somewhat towards the end of the
swimming season. As he is aware also, the Rocky Bay Beach
has been declared as unfit for swimming by the Urban
Council. What measures and support will be given by
Government to the Urban Council to ensure that the other
beaches, particularly Repulse Bay Beach and Middle Bay
Beach, will not deteriorate further this year, so that the
beaches, at least for this year, can still be patronised by
swimmers?
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SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE : Sir, I referred to the
short-term work to intercept and divert the
drains, particularly at Repulse Bay, which should, I hope,
have some effect in the course of this year. Once we
declare the southern waters a water control zone, it will
then be a question of identifying particular problems
arising from particular developments and serving notices
on the owners to rectify the problems. This is something
which we hope to get on to very quickly, once the water
control zone has been declared, but I am afraid it will
take some time for action to be taken under these orders
and I do not really think we can offer much hope of any
significant improvement this summer.