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At present four gazetted beaches, namely Anglers', Castle Peak, Old Cafeteria, and Rocky Bay, are closed to swimmers. The decision to close the beaches has been made by the Regional and Urban Councils on the basis of beach water quality monitoring data for 1994. The public are advised not to swim at these beaches. They are identified by an "X" in the following list.
The grades of the bacteriological water quality of various beaches in Hong Kong today are listed below:
Beach
Previous Grading (as at 27.4.95)
Present Grading
(as at 11.5.95)
Hong Kong South
Big Wave Bay
3
2
Chung Hom Kok
1
1
Deep Water Bay
1
2
Hairpin
1
1
Middle Bay
1
1
Repulse Bay
1
1
Shek O
South Bay
St. Stephen's Turtle Cove
Stanley Main
2
2
1
1
I
1
1
1
2
Rocky Bay
To Tei Wan*
1
~X-
2
X
1
Tuen Mun District
Golden Beach
3
2
Old Cafeteria
New Cafeteria
Castle Peak
Kadoorie
Butterfly
3
3
mXmxm m
3
2
~X-Xen en
3
3