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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1991
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THEM TO COLLECT PAYMENT AT THEIR DESIGNATED POST OFFICE OR TREASURY SUB-OFFICES, HE ADDED.
NEEDS OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCE PAID UNDER THE BANK PAYMENT SYSTEM ON FEBRUARY 15 WOULD ALSO BE ADVANCED TO FEBRUARY 13.
MEANWHILE, THE PAY DAY FOR RECIPIENTS
MARINE WATER QUALITY REPORT ON SALE
*
A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT
PROTECTION
(EPD) DEPARTMENT'S
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME IN 1989, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
SUMMARISING
THE RESULTS
MARINE WATER
OF THE QUALITY
THE COMPILED IN
AND QUALITY WATERS.
SEDIMENT
WATER 106-PAGE "MARINE
THE REVIEWS ENGLISH,
CHARACTERISTICS
QUALITY CURRENT
IN HONG KONG
WATER STATE OF MARINE IN THE TERRITORY'S COASTAL
1990"
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE DEPARTMENT BEEN CONDUCTING THE GOVERNMENT'S MARINE WATER AND SEDIMENT PROGRAMME SINCE APRIL 1986.
HAD
MONITORING
IN 1989, THE MARINE WATER QUALITY PROGRAMME
TYPHOON SHELTERS QUALITY STATIONS, 14 STATIONS.
COVERED 66 WATER SEDIMENT AND 40
MONITORING
AT
OF THE EACH
TO PROVIDE
A
MONITORING
COVERAGE
STATIONS,
OF
ON
PHYSIO-CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND BACTERIAL
COMPREHENSIVE
A WIDE RANGE OF PARAMETERS WERE MEASURED
INFORMATION ESSENTIAL
MARINE WATER QUALITY AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS.
THE WATER QUALITY ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WATERS INCLUDING THE EASTERN WATERS, THE NORTHWESTERN WATERS SOUTHERN WATERS WAS
MOVEMENT DISCHARGING INTO THEM.
IN THESE
STILL AREAS
GOOD AND SMALL
DURING 1989 AMOUNT
IN
OPEN MARINE AND THE DUE TO FASTER WATER LOADS OF POLLUTION
AND THE
INNER
HOWEVER, THE WATER QUALITY IN VICTORIA HARBOUR PARTS OF ENCLOSED BAYS SUCH AS TOLO HARBOUR, PORT SHELTER, HEBE HAVEN, JUNK BAY AND DEEP BAY WAS UNSATISFACTORY.
THE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN TOLO
VICTORIA HARBOUR,
DEEP BAY HAD EXEMPLIFIED IN
OF THE FORM
HARBOUR AND SEVERE DISSOLVED OXYGEN DEPLETION AND ALGAL BLOOMS IN THE FORM OF RED TIDES.
IDENTIFIED IN
IN
FURTHERMORE, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION HAD ALSO BEEN THESE AREAS AS INDICATED BY THE HIGH CONTENTS OF MICRO-POLLUTANTS THE SEDIMENTS.
/THE REPORT