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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1988

NEW POST OFFICE TO SERVE SHEUNG WAN

A NEW POST OFFICE SERVING THE SHEUNG WAN AREA WILL BE OPENED AT 9 AM ON OCTOBER 3 (MONDAY), A POST OFFICE SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED

TODAY (THURSDAY).

LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF KAI TAK COMMERCIAL BUILDING, 159- 161 CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, THE OFFICE WILL REPLACE THE PRESENT SHEUNG WAN POST OFFICE IN WING LOK STREET WHICH WILL CLOSE FOR BUSINESS AT 1 PM ON OCTOBER 1.

THE OPENING HOURS OF THE NEW POST OFFICE WILL BE 9 AM TO 6 PM ON WEEKDAYS AND 9 AM TO 1 PM ON SATURDAYS. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER 18 5-430385.

IN THE INTEREST OF PHILATELISTS, A HAND-BACK SERVICE WILL BR PROVIDED AT THE NEW SHEUNG WAN POST OFFICE ON OCTOBER 3.

UNREGISTERED "FIRST DAY" COVERS PREPARED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND BEARING A LOCAL ADDRESS WILL BE ACCEPTED OVER THE COUNTER, THEY WILL BE IMPRESSED WITH THE NORMAL POST OFFICE DATESTAMP AND HANDED BACK TO THE PERSONS PRESENTING THEM.

GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY

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(THURSDAY) QUALITY OF ALL

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED THE LATEST GRADES ON THE BACTERIAL WATER BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.

TO.

THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS

INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIAL POLLUTION BEACHES.

THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE E. COLI DATA OBTAINED IN ITS ROUTINE BEACH WATER QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAMME.

SWIMMERS AND AT VARIOUS

BY THE EPD

THE E. COLI DATA USED FOR GRADING ARE BASED ON THE VALUES OF THE MOST RECENT FIVE RESULTS, OBTAINED OVER A TWO HALF MONTH PERIOD ACCORDING TO THE USUAL SAMPLING FREQUENCY.

MEDIAN AND A

THE GRADES FOR SOME BRACHES MAY FLUCTUATE. THIS REPRESENTS A NATURAL FLUCTUATION IN THE BACTERIAL QUALITY OF THE BEACHES CASES, AS RAIN AND TIDES BRING MORE OR LESS POLLUTION TO THE

IN MOST SWIMMING AREAS.

/NEVERTHELESS, THE

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