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Air Traffic Control Panel meeting
The Air Traffic Control (ATC) Panel of the Infrastructure Co-ordinating Committee held its first full meeting in Hong Kong today (Thursday).
The Panel members visited the new airport site at Chek Lap Kok this morning and were given a briefing on the progress made in the Airport Core Programme projects. In the afternoon the Panel met and was given a briefing by Director of Civil Aviation regarding future air traffic control procedures for the Chek Lap Kok Airport.
The meeting has further strengthened the communication and understanding between the two sides.
The Panel agreed to report the outcome of this meeting to the Infrastructure Co- ordinating Committee. Thereafter arrangements will be made for a second meeting.
End/Thursday, May 11, 1995
Grading of beach water quality
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (Thursday) announced grades on the bacteriological water quality of all bathing 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 grading will be announced biweekly during the bathing season to coincide with the frequency at which beach waters are usually sampled.
The grading is based on the most recent data obtained by EPD in its routine monitoring programme.
It gives an estimate on the risk of contracting some minor skin or gastrointestinal illnesses resulted from swimming at a beach with some degree of pollution.
The estimate is based on a large scale epidemiological study carried out in Hong Kong in the past bathing seasons.