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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1987

SILVERSTRAND, SAI

ARE BEACHES

KUNG,

HAD

AND CLEARWATER BAY SECOND BEACH

GENERALLY CHANGED FROM "A" TO "B". BOTH OF THESE

GOOD, IN THE BUT HAVE SHOWN A SEASONAL TREND, WITH LESS GOOD WATER QUALITY

WINTER AND SPRING. THIS IS A RAINY SUMMER MONTHS THAN IN

COMMON THESE BEACHES FOR PATTERN, WHICH DOES NOT AFFECT THE SUITABILITY OF SWIMMING.

"B"

PIO

ANGLERS' AND APPROACH BEACHES, TSUEN WAN, HAD CHANGED FROM

ANGLERS'

IS BEACH

CONSISTENTLY

BY TO "C".

POLLUTED, MOSTLY ITS IMMEDIATE HINTERLAND. KEEPING ACTIVITIES AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN

BELOW THE BORDERLINE AND A "C" THE PREVIOUS "B" GRADING WAS JUST

AFFECTED BY GRADING IS MORE NORMAL. APPROACH BEACH IS INTERMITTENTLY

THE VICINITY OF THE HEAVILY POLLUTED WATERS FROM RAMBLER CHANNEL IN

GENERALLY ACCEPTABLE, A POOR TSUEN WAN. WHILE THE WATER QUALITY IS GRADING IS TO BE EXPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME.

OLD CAFTERIA BEACH, TUEN MUN, HAD

SEWAGE

THIS BEACH IS AFFECTED HINTERLAND AND BY POLLUTION FROM TUEN AUGUST FLUSH MORE OF THIS CAUSING THE "C" GRADING.

BOTH BY

POLLUTION

CHANGED FROM "B" ΤΟ "C"

IN SOURCES

ITS IMMEDIATE MUN. THE RAINS OF JULY AND FROM THE LAND ΤΟ THE

BEACH,

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FOR

ENQUIRIES, FURTHER

PLEASE

EPD,

AT

CONTACT MR PAUL HOLMES, PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER (WATER POLICY) OF 3-7211044.

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TRADE DIRECTOR ATTENDS TEXTILE CONFERENCE

* * * *

DELEGATION A HONG KONG

MICHAEL SZE,

ATTEND WILL

SEPTEMBER 1-5, 1987.

MEETING, THE

A

LED BY THE DIRECTOR

CONFERENCE TEXTILE

OF TRADE, IN

MR MACAU ON

TEXTILES

AND

OF

DEVELOPING

ORGANISED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING BUREAU (ITCB) AND HOSTED BY THE MACAU GOVERNMENT, IS PART A CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF CO-ORDINATION AMONG GOVERNMENTS OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES.

SESSION WILL MAIN SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION DURING THE FIVE-DAY

BILATERAL INCLUDE THE MULTI FIBRE ARRANGEMENT (MFA) AND THE RESULTANT

IN MAJOR MFA IMPORTING TEXTILE AGREEMENTS, LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES

AND THE

ROUND OF URUGUAY COUNTRIES AFFECTING TRADE MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.

IN

TEXTILES,

HONG KONG IS A FOUNDING MEMBER

OF

THE

ITCB WHICH

МЕЁТЯ

AT

LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

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