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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1990
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NEW ARRANGEMENT WOULD
BE
ΤΟ ISSUED
THE SPOKESMAN SAID DETAILS OF THIS PUBLISHED IN A COMMERCIAL INFORMATION CIRCULAR TO TRADE.
BE
THE
FOR A
SINCE WE
HE
"WE HAVE MADE REPEATED REQUESTS TO THE U.S. AUTHORITIES DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY ONLY NOW KNOW WHAT NEW WORDING WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE IN THE FUTURE, ADDED.
"UNFORTUNATELY, THE U.S. COMPLY WITH OUR REQUEST.
AUTHORITIES DID
NOT FEEL
ABLE
ΤΟ
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THE
SPOKESMAN SAID
REQUIREMENT ARISES REGISTER IN MARCH.
FROM A NOTICE PUBLISHED IN
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW LABELLING THE U.S. FEDERAL
GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
*
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OF QUALITY
ALL
(THURSDAY) BATHING
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD} TODAY
WATER
ANNOUNCED GRADES
ON THE
BEACHES IN HONG KONG,
BACTERIAL
TO INFORM THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIAL POLLUTION BEACHES.
BE
THE GRADING WILL SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE USUALLY SAMPLED.
SWIMMERS
AND AT VARIOUS
ANNOUNCED BIWEEKLY
AT FREQUENCY
WHICH
DURING THE BATHING
BEACH
ARE WATERS
DATA OBTAINED
THE
MINOR
AT A
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E. COLI BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME. AS WITH LAST YEAR, GRADING ALSO INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME RESULT OF SWIMMING SKIN OR GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS AS BEACH WHICH HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.
A
STATISTICAL
A VERY LARGE BODY OF THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG DURING 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.
/HOWEVER, THE
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