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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1986

THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE NUMBERS (WITH YESTERDAY'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

SAI YING PUN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC

SHAU KEI WAN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB POLYCLINIC LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC, TSUEN WAN YUEN LONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE

SHEK WU HUI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC

TAI PO JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC

PORT HEALTH OFFICES

661

950

(851)

(1 400)

3 950

(3 700)

1 600

(1 700)

1 800

(2 325)

1 200

(1 686)

623

(963)

709

(1 380)

1 699

(1 846)

MONITORING OF WATER QUALITY STEPPED-UP

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AS PART OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S STEPPED-UP ACTION TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS STRENGTHENED ITS MONITORING OF WATER QUALITY IN PUBLIC BEACHES ON HONG KONG ISLAND AND SWIMMING POOLS IN THE URBAN AREA.

+STAFF AT THE URBAN COUNCIL'S 13 SWIMMING POOL COMPLEXES TAKE WATER SAMPLES FROM THE POOLS ONCE EVERY TWO HOURS TO ENSURE THAT THE CHLORINE CONTENT MEETS THE REQUIRED STANDARD ALL THE TIME AND THAT NO BACTERIA CAN GROW IN THE WATERS,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY.

+WATER SAMPLES ARE TAKEN EVEN EVERY HOUR FROM THOSE CROWDED SWIMMING POOLS, SUCH AS THE KWUN TONG SWIMMING POOL, HE SAID.

IN ADDITION, MONTHLY WATER SAMPLES ARE TAKEN FROM ALL SWIMMING POOLS FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION, HE ADDED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE RESULTS OF ALL THE WATER SAMPLES SO FAR THIS YEAR SHOWED THAT THE E. COLI COUNT PER 100 ML OF WATER WAS BEYOND ZERO, WHICH IS WELL WITHIN THE SAFETY STANDARD.

/+TO ENSURE