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THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1989

"THE

FINDINGS

THE

OF THE RESULTS

SECOND OF THE

ROUND PREVIOUS

SAMPLING

CONSISTENT WITH TOXICITY LEVELS IN THE SHELLFISH SAMPLES IN DROPPED CONSIDERABLY," DR WONG SAID.

TESTS WERE

THE HOWEVER TESTS. THE AFFECTED AREAS HAD

"REGULAR RED TIDE REPORTING

AND

TESTING BY

THE

AGRICULTURE

AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE."

IN THE

THE MEANTIME,

MUNICIPAL

SERVICES

CONTINUE WITH ITS REGULAR MONITORING PROGRAMME FOR BIOTOXINS AND SHELLFISH IN A CO-ORDINATED EFFORT TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH.

BRANCH WILL ALSO IN FISH

GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY

(THURSDAY) BATHING

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY

ALL QUALITYOF THE GRADES ANNOUNCED BEACHES IN HONG KONG.

ONTHEBACTERIALWATER

IS TO BACTERIAL

AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.

THE

THE GRADING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT BIWEEKLY INTERVALS DURING

BEACH WATERS BATHING SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH ARE USUALLY SAMPLED.

THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT BACTERIA DATA BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.

OBTAINED

AN

INCLUDES GASTROINTESTINAL HAS SOME DEGREB

GRADING ALSO THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ESTIMATE OF THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR COMPLAINTS AS A RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH WHICH OF POLLUTION.

BODY OF STATISTICAL A VERY LARGE THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.

THE SUMMER. THIS THE GRADING OF SOME BEACHES MAY VARY DURING

OF BATHING REPRESENTS A NATURAL FLUCTUATION IN THE BACTERIAL QUALITY

LESS POLLUTION WATERS IN MOST CASES, AS RAIN AND TIDES BRING MORE OR TO THE BEACHES.

AND

DURING OF THE FORM

BATHING WATERS COMMONLY BECOME WORSE DUE TO HEAVY USAGE

GENERAL PICTURE THE SUMMER. HOWEVER, THE GRADES GIVE A GOOD

OF WATER QUALITY AT BATHING BEACHES AT THE TIME THE BEST AVAILABLE FORECAST FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.

REPORTING

:

/THE SYSTEM ..........