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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1990

SUNKEN BARGE IN TYPHOON SHELTER LIFTED

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTED TO COMPLETE

IN THREE

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE IN WHICH A BARGE WITH A CARGO OF

TEI TYPHOON SHELTER, OIL SANK IN THE YAU MA

OFFICER, MR JOHN SHEARMAN, SAID THIS (THURSDAY) BARGE WAS REFLOATED.

WEEKS

WASTE

THE PRINCIPAL MARINE AFTERNOON AFTER THE

WATERLOGGED,

BY THE DEPARTMENT HAD MR SHEARMAN SAID CONTRACTORS EMPLOYED

STILL ALTHOUGH BARGE WHICH, SUCCESSFULLY LIFTED REPRESENTED NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD.

THE

REMAINING OIL

STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT'S POLLUTION CONTROL UNIT WOULD CONTINUE SPRAY DISPERSANT ON THE SMALL TYPHOON SHELTER, HE SAID.

TO

"THE

ENTRANCE SOUTHERN

SLICKS INSIDE THE

TO

THE TYPHOON

SHELTER

NORTHERN

IS NOW HAD ENTRANCE

RE-OPENED," MR SHEARMAN SAID, ADDING THAT THE BEEN OPENED ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 4).

EXAMINE THE BARGE

HE SAID OFFICERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT WOULD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASE.

THE BARGE SANK ABOUT 500 METRES FROM THE SOUTHERN THE TYPHOON SHELTER LAST FRIDAY (AUGUST 31) NIGHT.

ENTRANCE TO

GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY

* * *

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY

WATER

OF QUALITY

ANNOUNCED GRADES ON BEACHES IN HONG KONG.

THE

BACTERIAL

ALL

(THURSDAY)

BATHING

то INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS

AT VARIOUS THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIAL POLLUTION 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 E. COLI BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.

DATA OBTAINED

INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO

GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN OR AS A RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH WHICH HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.

LARGE VERY

BODY

OF

STATISTICAL

A THE ESTIMATE IS BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED IN HONG KONG IN RECENT BATHING SEASONS.

/THE GRADING

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