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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1988

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BEACH AT ROCKY BAY NOT SUITABLE FOR SWIMMING

THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY DECIDED TO PUT FORWARD ITS THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTER OVER THE WATER QUALITY AT SOME OF ITS BATHING BEACHES.

CONCERN TO SITUATION OF

AT ROCKY BAY WITHDRAW THE WEEKENDS

THE COUNCIL ALSO DECIDED TO ERECT WARNING SIGNS BEACH ADVISING THE PUBLIC NOT TO SWIM THERE, AND TO MINIMAL LIFEGUARD SERVICE CURRENTLY PROVIDED AT THE BEACH AT AND ON PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

COUNCIL'S

THE DECISIONS WERE MADE AT A MEETING BY THE RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION ON A ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) ON WATER QUALITY AT

REPORT BY THE IN HONG KONG.

BEACHES

THAT WATER BECAUSE OF UNSUITABLE FOR

THE COMMITTEE, CHAIRED BY MR SAMUEL WONG, WAS TOLD QUALITY AT ROCKY BAY BEACH WAS CLASSIFIED UNACCEPTABLE POLLUTION THERE AND THE EPD HAD ADVISED THAT IT WAS SWIMMING.

WILICH

AT ROCKY BAY

BEACH SERVES AS AN

MEANWHILE, WARNING SIGNS WILL BE ERECTED IS NOT A POPULAR BEACH AS IT ESSENTIALLY OVER-SPILL FOR SHEK O BEACH.

SWIMMERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO SWIM AT ROCKY BAY BEACH BUT TO THE OTHER GAZETTED BEACHES MANAGED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.

TO GO

TOLD THAT THE SOME URBAN GROWTH IN

AT TODAY'S MERTING, THE SELECT COMMITTEE WAS MAJOR CAUSE OF THE STEADY DECLINE IN WATER QUALITY AT COUNCIL GAZETTED BEACHES IN RECENT YEARS WAS THE RAPID POPULATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HONG KONG 151AND.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN THAT THIS GROWTH HAD NOT BEEN MATCHED BY PROVISION OF ADEQUATE SEWAGE FACILITIES BY THE GOVERNMENT.

POPULATION TREATMENT

THE COMMITTEE FELT THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ADDRESS TO THIS BASIC PROBLEM AND FIND SUITABLE SOLUTIONS.

ITSELF

IT WAS DECIDED TO PASS THE CONCERN AS EXPRESSED COMMITTEE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION ADVISORY CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION.

COMMITTEE

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