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No.
HONGKONG.
REPORT OF THE BATHING BEACHES COMMITTEE.
12
1926
1. We have been asked by Government to report upon the existing facilities, sanita- tion, and scavenging at the bathing beaches generally and in particular at Repulse Bay and at Castle Peak, and upon the feasibility of inaugurating additional public bathing beaches, and to make recommendations as to the lines on which the future policy of the Government with respect to bathing beaches should be framed.
2. As regards bathing facilities we have confined our remarks to beaches (other than Stonecutters Island) which can be reached by land, as launch trips would open up a very wide field.
3. We have had under consideration the following bathing places :-
1. North Point.
2. Kennedy Town.
3. Stonecutters Island.
4. Hung Hom.
5. Tai Wan.
6. Repulse Bay.
7. Castle Peak Bay with small bay adjacent (beach D in P. W. D. plan).
8. Stanley Bay.
9. Island Bay, Shek O.
10. Ch'eung Sha Bay, near Castle Peak.
11. Big Wave Bay.
12. Deep Water Bay.
4. We have also had before us some 93 replies to an advertisement which we caused to be inserted in the Public Press asking for certain information from the owners of mat- sheds and inviting suggestions from them and from the general public. The text of the notice was as follows:
"Will holders of bathing matshed permits kindly send in to the undersigned, "on or before the 23rd day of June, 1926, answers to the following "questions:-
"(a.) What is the licence number of your bathing matshed and where is it
"situated?
"(b.) To what extent is your matshed used?
"(c.) If you have more than one matshed, please fill in answers to the
"above questions in regard to each of your matsheds.
"Would members of the public kindly favour the Bathing Beaches Committee "with any suggestions they may have to offer for the improvement of bathing "facilities in the Colony at existing bathing beaches?
"Will they also suggest additional bathing beaches and any schemes for develop- "ing the same?"
5. It is convenient to divide public bathing beaches into two classes, namely:-
Class A--Those which are used solely for bathing purposes and
Class B-Those which are used partly for bathing and partly for picnic purposes.