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THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1990
THE REPORT ANALYSED
THE
EVALUATED
BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY TRENDS
OF THE EFFECT
BEACH ATTENDANCE THE POLLUTION SOURCES
ACTIONS REQUIRED WERE
OF
ON
OF
BATHING BEACHES AND BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY AT THESE BEACHES. BEACHES IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS AND THE REMEDIAL ALSO DISCUSSED.
THE REPORT
STATED THAT
THE
WATER BACTERIAL
QUALITY
OF
ROCKY BAY BEACHES HAD BEEN SWIMMING. THERE WAS NO CASTLE PEAK AND OLD
SILVERMINE BAY, ANGLERS', TING KAU AND RESTORED TO LEVELS REGARDED AS SUITABLE FOR
OF QUALITY EVIDENCE THAT THE BACTERIAL WATER CAFETERIA BEACHES HAD IMPROVED.
WITH REGARD TO ROCKY BAY BEACH,
OF
SAID THE REPORT
ALTHOUGH THE
TREND
WAS SHORT-TERM
IMPROVING, CONTINUATION IMPROVEMENT DEPENDED ON FURTHER IMPLEMENTATION OF REMEDIAL MEASURES.
OF THE
BEACH
NON-GAZETTED
A SUMMARY OF THE RANKING FOR ALL THE GAZETTED AND BEACHES IN THE SWIMMING SEASON OF 1989 WAS PRESENTED IN THE REPORT.
BEACHES THE IMPROVEMENT TREND IN WATER QUALITY FOR 27 GAZETTED
HAD BEEN MAINTAINED. NINE GAZETTED IN THE SWIMMING SEASON OF 1988
HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DETERIORATING BEACHES WHOSE WATER QUALITY BEGUN TO IMPROVE.
HAD
HONG KONG BEACHES
IN GENERAL, THE BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY OF IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE BATHING SEASON OF 1989.
THE REPORT ON BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF BATHING BEACHES, PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, AT $26 A COPY, IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
MR HOLMES
SAID
STARTING FROM
APRIL THIS
A NEW
YEAR, FORTNIGHTLY GRADING SYSTEM FOR ALL BATHING BEACHES WILL BE USED.
THE GRADING WILL BE ANNOUNCED ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS
SWIMMING SEASON.
DURING THE
THIS FORTNIGHTLY GRADING SYSTEM OF BATHING BEACH WATER RECOMMENDED BY EPD HAS BEEN ENDORSED BY MEMBERS OF THE STEERING ON BEACH WATER QUALITY.
QUALITY GROUP
/THE NEW