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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1993
DR REED SAID A TOTAL OF FIVE NEW LOCAL OFFICES HAD BEEN SET RECENTLY TO IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT'S ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES UNDER VARIOUS POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCES.
BECOME
UP
THE
WILL
WITH
THE
BEING
MORE
OFFICES WILL MEAN THAT EPD STAFF THE CREATION OF THESE
MORE
WITH THE LOCAL FAMILIAR
SITUATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE, HE SAID.
AN
BE WILL
ENFORCEMENT- DESIGN WORK ON POLLUTION CONTROL
"ONE RESULT OF THIS IMPROVED INCREASE IN DEMAND, FROM THOSE WHO ARE THE TARGET OF THIS EFFORT, FOR ADVISORY SERVICES,
ENFORCEMENT EFFORT
SYSTEMS AND THE SUPPLY OF THESE SYSTEMS,
中中
HE SAID.
BEACH WATER QUALITY GRADING
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(THURSDAY)
BATHING
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED GRADES ON THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS TO INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.
THE
DEPARTMENT
SAID THE
GRADING WOULD BE A SPOKESMAN FOR
TO COINCIDE WITH THE DURING THE BATHING SEASON ANNOUNCED BIWEEKLY FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATERS WERE USUALLY SAMPLED.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E COLI DATA OBTAINED BY EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.
AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF THE A RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS AS RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH WHICH HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.
LARGE BODY OF STATISTICAL THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON A VERY INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.
MAY VARY DURING THE SUMMER. THE GRADING OF SOME BEACHES
THIS THE BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF REPRESENTS A NATURAL FLUCTUATION IN
BRING MORE OR LESS BATHING WATERS IN MOST CASES, AS RAIN AND TIDES POLLUTION TO THE BEACHES.
THE WATER
HOWEVER, THE GRADES GIVE A GOOD GENERAL PICTURE OF QUALITY AT BATHING BEACHES AT THE TIME OF REPORTING AND FORM THE AVAILABLE FORECAST FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
BEST
TO BE
"BEACHES WITH HIGHLY DEVELOPED HINTERLANDS ARE LIKELY MORE POLLUTED THAN THE GRADES SUGGEST DURING AND AFTER HEAVY RAIN.
/"BATHERS SHOULD