THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987
SERIES OF
DAY
DA REED BRIEFED THE VISUTORS ALSO ON TIF SUCCESSFUL KVENTS THAT HAD BEEN STAGED TO MARK UNEP'S 14TH WORLD ENVIRONMENT
THAT WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY HAD ON JUNE 5. THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR BEEN CELEBRATED ON SUCH A SUALE IN HONG KONG AND THE RESULTS IN OF PUBLIC AWARENESS HAD BEEN VERY SATISFACTORY.
TERMS
THE EVENTS, HELD
WORKSHOP,
ENVIRONMENTAL
BETWEEN
*A
MAY 18
TREE
AND JUNE 7.
AN INCLUDED SEMINARS ON PLANTING WI.EK,
AND ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH,
OF CHINA
PNVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
EXHIBITIONS ON "NOISE POLLU"LON", ON "ENDANGERED SPECIES MILU DEER" AS WELL AS PAINTING AND PSSAY COMPETITIONS.
1
LOCAL GROUPS, INCLUPING DISTRICT
AND
ORGANISED
SUPPORT ENVIRONMENT DAY,
VARICIS
BOARDS, HAD ALSO EXPRESSED
TO FUNCTIONS
CELEBRATE THE WORLD
DR TOLBA AND DR NAY HITUN FELT THAT THIS WAS A VERY RESPONSE TO UNEP'S INITIATIVE AND URGED THAT A MOUNTED IN 1988.
ENCOURAGING
SIMILAR PROGRAMME BE
THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WOULD BE HELD IN HONG
KONA
ENVIL
MENTAT
THEY EXPRESSED SUPPORT ALSO FOR ON METROPOLITAN POLLUTION (POLMET 88) WHICH KONG IN DECEMBER 1988. POLMET 88 IS BRING ORGANISED BY THE HONG
THE ENGINEERS INSTITUTION OF
[N
POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTUP.
COLLABORATION
WITII
GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
*
(THURSDAY)
BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED FOR THE THIRD TIME, GRADES ON THE OF ALL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
ITS THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE B.COLI DATA OBTAINED BY EPD IN
THE PROGRAMME.
E. COLI DATA MONITORING ROUTINE BEACH WATER QUALITY
MEDIAN) VALUES OF USED FOR GRADING ARE THE AVERAGE (OR MORE EXACTLY,
MONTH OBTAINED OVER A TWO-AND-A-HALF THE MOST RECENT FIVE RESULTS, PERIOD ACCORDING TO THE USUAL SAMPLING FREQUENCY.
THE GRADES
FLUCTUATION NATURAL
TIDES RAIN
SAID
SOME A SPOKESMAN FOR EPD
IN 'THE BACTERIAL FLUCTUATE. THIS REPRESENTS A
BRING MORE OR LRSS AS THE BEACHES, QUALITY OF
A GOOD POLLUTION TO THE SWIMMING AREAS. NEVERTHELESS THE GRADES GIVE
OF QUALITY
THE BEACHES WATER QUALITY IN
FOR
BEACHES
MAY
AND
AND
THE
GENERAL PICTURE OF THE BACTERIAL WATER FORM THE BEST AVAILABLE FORECAST OF THE BEACH IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
THE SYSTEM