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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990
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NOTE: "X" THE BEACH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR SWIMMING PURPOSES.
* NON-GAZETTED BEACHES.
THE FOLLOWING BEACHES HAVE CHANGED GRADING ON THIS OCCASION:
TO
AND CAMPERS, FROM "2" TO
WAN, FROM "2" TUNG WAN ON CHEUNG CHAU AND TUNG WAN ON MA "1"; SILVERSTRAND, FROM "3" TO "2"; ST STEPHEN'S FROM "1" TO "2"; HAIRPIN AND TRIO IN HEBE HAVEN, "3"
THE CHANGES ARE WITHIN THE NORMAL RANGE OF FLUCTUATION BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY OF THESE BEACHES.
BIG WAVE BAY, FROM "4" TO "3".
POLLUTANTS IN
THE BEACH
SAMPLES
TAKEN
OF
THE
IS UPGRADED ON THIS OCCASION, THE PREVIOUS BIG WAVE BAY BEACH
RAINFALL WHICH HAD GRADE WAS DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY
CAUSED
THE
то HINTERLAND
BE FLUSHED
SEAWATER. THE INTO
AT THE BEACH INDICATE THE WATER QUALITY HAS RETURNED TO ITS USUAL CONDITION OF "FAIR" TO "ACCEPTABLE".
RECENTLY
REMINDER ON CHANGE IN PASSPORT FORMAT
THE FORMAT OF THE HKBDTC AND BN (0) PASSPORTS TOMORROW (FRIDAY) WHEN PASSPORTS IN THE EUROPEAN FORMAT WILL BEGIN TO BE ISSUED.
WILL BE COMMUNITY
CHANGED COMMON
MEMBERS
OF
(THURSDAY), A SPOKESMAN FROM TOMORROW,
THE NEW FORMAT DOCUMENT
IN ISSUING A REMINDER ON THIS TODAY FOR THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE PUBLIC APPLYING FOR PASSPORTS WILL GET WHICH IS MACHINE READABLE.
THE NEW PASSPORT CONTAINS 32 PAGES. [T HAS A BURGUNDY SOFT COVER AND IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE CURRENT BLUE HARD-COVER PASSPORT.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE MACHINE READABLE PASSPORT HAS ON THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING ALL THE PERSONAL PARTICULARS OF THE HOLDER ONE PAGE INSTEAD OF SEVERAL PAGES AS THE CURRENT PASSPORT. THIS REDUCE CONSIDERABLY THE TIME TAKEN FOR VISUAL INSPECTION.
WILL
THE MACHINE READABLE FEATURES WILL FURTHER EXPEDITE CLEARANCE AT THE IMMIGRATION CHECK POINTS OVERSEAS WHERE
PASSPORT
READERS ARE
IN OPERATION.
ONLY THE