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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1994
11.
264 PASSENGERS ON TOWED BY THE TUG
1993 BOARD
ABOUT
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER 8 PM ON JULY WHEN THE HONG KONG-BOUND JETFOIL WITH COLLIDED WITH THE LARGE FLOATING PIPELINES FOUR NAUTICAL MILES OFF MACAU.
THE
FORTY-NINE PASSENGERS ON BOARD THE JETFOIL WERE INJURED. JETFOIL SUSTAINED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AND THREE SECTIONS OF THE FLOATIG PIPELINES WERE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIRS.
DFCC MEMBERS VISIT SUPREME COURT
*
A
PUBLIC
THE JUDICIARY TODAY (THURSDAY) COMMENCED A PROGRAMME OF VISITS THE SUPREME COURT FOR DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN
HELP TO FOSTER LINKS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURTS.
ΤΟ
BID
ENHANCE
DISTRICT FIGHT
MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN COMMITTEE WERE MET BY THE JUDICIARY ADMINISTRATOR, MS ALICE TAI, MORNING AND TOURED THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING.
CRIME THIS
LIU
HEARING ON
A
THE GROUP WERE BRIEFED BY THE PRINCIPAL JUDICIAL CLERK, MR
PROCEDURES
COURT ON COURT
AND ATTENDED A TIN-LUK, CRIMINAL CASE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COURT.
GRADING OF BRACH WATER QUALITY
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) GRADES ON THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL. BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
ANNOUNCED
THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS TO INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR
THE
DEPARTMENT SAID THE GRADING WOULD BE TO COINCIDE WITH THE ANNOUNCED BI-WEEKLY DURING THE BATHING SEASON FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATERS WERE USUALLY SAMPLED.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E COLI DATA OBTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT 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
THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON A VERY
BODY OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.
/THE GRADING
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