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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1990
THE SPOKESMAN
ED THAT FROM JUNE ONWARDS, A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ON ENVIRONMEN' AND HEALTH WILL BE ORGANISED FOR STUDENTS PRIMARY 4 TO 6.
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THE SAME TOPIC WILL ALSO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE COMING YOUNG HEALTH LEADERS TRAINING PROJET.
TO TOP THESE OFF, A CARNIVAL WILL BE STAGED PLAYGROUND IN WAN CHAI ON NOVEMBER 10.
AT THE SOUTHORN
GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
(FRIDAY)
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY ANNOUNCED GRADES ON THE BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS ΤΟ INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIAL POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.
AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID STARTING THIS WEEK, THE GRADING WILL RE ANNOUNCED AT BIWEEKLY INTERVALS DURING THE BATHING SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATERS ARE USUALLY SAMPLED.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E.COLI DATA OBTAINED
BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMMR.
AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS AS A RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH WHICH HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.
THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON
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VERY LARGE BODY OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.
THE GRADING OF SOME BEACHES NAY VARY DURING THE SUMMER. THIS REPRESENTS A NATURAL FLUCTUATION IN THE BACTERIAL QUALITY OF BATHING WATERS IN MOST CASES, AS RAIN AND TIDES BRING MORE OR LESS POLLUTION TO THE BEACHES.
BATHING WATERS COMMONLY BECOME WORSE DUE TO HEAVY USAGE DURING THE SUMMER. HOWEVER, THE GRADES GIVE A GOOD GENERAL PICTURE OF THE WATER QUALITY AT BATHING BEACHES AT THE TIME OF REPORTING AND FORM THE BEST AVAILABLE FORECAST FOR THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
/THE SYSTEM
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