Tsuen Wan District
Anglers'
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Approach
Casam
Gemini
Hoi Mei Wan
Lido
Ting Kau
Tung Wan, Ma Wan
XXm+ mm Xe
3
4
3
3
2
Note: "X" The beach has been closed for swimming purposes.
* Non-gazetted beaches.
In addition to this regular reporting system, an annual review of the bacteriological water quality of all the bathing beaches in Hong Kong will continue to be prepared by EPD after each bathing season. This will advise the beach management authorities on the suitability of individual beach for swimming purposes.
The latest annual report [entitled "Bacteriological Water Quality of Bathing Beaches in Hong Kong, 1995" (English and Chinese versions)], for the bathing season of 1995, is available for sale at the Government Publications Centre, ground floor. Queensway Government Offices, Low Block.
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Statistics on occan vessel and seaborne cargo
In the fourth quarter of 1995. 10.629 ocean vessels with a total capacity of 44.5 million net registered tons arrived at 11ong Kong, according to the statistics released today (Thursday) by the Census and Statistics Department.
Net registered ton (NRT) is a unit of measure in volume terms of the space of a vessel available for carrying passengers or goods. One NRT is equivalent to 100 cubic feet.
Compared with the fourth quarter of 1994, these figures reflected an increase of 11% in number of vessels and 7% in capacity,