THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1990
SUNKEN BARGE IN TYPHOON SHELTER LIFTED
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE
IN THREE
AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE IN WHICH A BARGE WITH A CARGO OF
TEI TYPHOON SHELTER, OIL SANK IN THE YAU MA
OFFICER, MR JOHN SHEARMAN, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) BARGE WAS REFLOATED.
WEEKS
WASTE
THE PRINCIPAL MARINE AFTERNOON AFTER THE
WATERLOGGED,
BY THE DEPARTMENT HAD MR SHEARMAN SAID CONTRACTORS EMPLOYED
STILL ALTHOUGH BARGE WHICH, SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED REPRESENTED NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD.
THE
REMAINING OIL
STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT'S POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT WOULD CONTINUE SPRAY DISPERSANT ON THE SMALL TYPHOON SHELTER, HE SAID.
TO
"THE
ENTRANCE SOUTHERN
SLICKS INSIDE THE
TO
THE TYPHOON
SHELTER
NORTHERN
IS NOW HAD ENTRANCE
RE-OPENED," MR SHEARMAN SAID, ADDING THAT THE BEEN OPENED ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 4).
EXAMINE THE BARGE
HE SAID OFFICERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT WOULD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE.
THE BARGE SANK ABOUT 500 METRES FROM THE SOUTHERN THE TYPHOON SHELTER LAST FRIDAY (AUGUST 31) NIGHT.
ENTRANCE TO
GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
* * *
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY
WATER
OF QUALITY
ANNOUNCED GRADES ON BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
THE
BACTERIAL
ALL
(THURSDAY)
BATHING
то INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS
AT VARIOUS THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIAL POLLUTION BEACHES.
THE THE GRADING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT BIWEEKLY INTERVALS DURING
BEACH WATERS BATHING SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH ARE USUALLY SAMPLED.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E. COLI BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.
DATA OBTAINED
INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO
GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR AS A RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH WHICH HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.
LARGE VERY
BODY
OF
STATISTICAL
A THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.
/THE GRADING
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