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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1990

BACTERIAL POLLUTION OF THE SAME AREA WAS ALSO VERY SOME SAMPLES AS HIGH AS 250 TIMES THE SAFETY LEVEL.

HIGH, WITH

SEA WATER FROM VICTORIA HARBOUR WAS AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR COOLING AND FLUSHING, AND THESE USES WERE COMPROMISED DUE ΤΟ SEVERE POLLUTION.

THE MONITORING PROGRAMMES ALSO SHOWED INCREASING POLLUTION BY CHEMICALS FOUND IN INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS.

MR HOLMES EXPLAINED THAT THESE CHEMICALS SHOWED UP WERE SEDIMENTS TAKEN FROM THE SEABED, BUT THEY INDICATED SEVERE POLLUTION OF THE WATER.

CAN ACCUMULATE IN

"MANY OF THESE CHEMICALS ARE TOXIC. THEY MARINE LIFE AND EVENTUALLY BE PASSED ONTO US, HE SAID.

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THE TWO REPORTS, WITH GRAPHIC PRESENTATION, ARE SUITABLE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEMS OF ENVIRONMENT.

THEY WOULD SERVE AS USEFUL REFERENCES FOR PROFESSIONALS IN FIELD OF WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

FOR

OUR

THE

THE RIVER WATER QUALITY REPORT, AT $31 A COPY, AND THE MARINE WATER QUALITY REPORT, AT $46 A COPY, ARE NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE,

CENTRAL.

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UPGRADING OF HK-PEKING METEOROLOGICAL TELECOMMUNICATION CIRCUIT

A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON

THE

UPGRADING OF THE HONG WAS SIGNED IN KONG-PEKING METEOROLOGICAL TELECOMMUNICATION CIRCUIT HONG KONG TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY,

AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE MR PATRICK SHAM,

BEIJING METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE, MR LI ZECHUN.

THE PRODUCTION OF WEATHER FORECASTS REQUIRES WEATHER INFORMATION FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

TO FACILITATE

THE ANALYSIS OF

THE EXCHANGE OF METEOROLOGICAL

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM

DATA AMONG HAS BEEN

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANISATION. REGIONAL CIRCUITS WITHIN

METEOROLOGICAL CENTRES, A GLOBAL SET UP UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE THE HONG KONG-PEKING CIRCUIT IS ONE OF THE THE SYSTEM.

/THE METEOROLOGICAL