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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1991

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THEM TO COLLECT PAYMENT AT THEIR DESIGNATED POST OFFICE OR TREASURY SUB-OFFICES, HE ADDED.

NEEDS OF SPECIAL ALLOWANCE PAID UNDER THE BANK PAYMENT SYSTEM ON FEBRUARY 15 WOULD ALSO BE ADVANCED TO FEBRUARY 13.

MEANWHILE, THE PAY DAY FOR RECIPIENTS

MARINE WATER QUALITY REPORT ON SALE

*

A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT

PROTECTION

(EPD) DEPARTMENT'S

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING PROGRAMME IN 1989, IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

SUMMARISING

THE RESULTS

MARINE WATER

OF THE QUALITY

THE COMPILED IN

AND QUALITY WATERS.

SEDIMENT

WATER 106-PAGE "MARINE

THE REVIEWS ENGLISH,

CHARACTERISTICS

QUALITY CURRENT

IN HONG KONG

WATER STATE OF MARINE IN THE TERRITORY'S COASTAL

1990"

AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE DEPARTMENT BEEN CONDUCTING THE GOVERNMENT'S MARINE WATER AND SEDIMENT PROGRAMME SINCE APRIL 1986.

HAD

MONITORING

IN 1989, THE MARINE WATER QUALITY PROGRAMME

TYPHOON SHELTERS QUALITY STATIONS, 14 STATIONS.

COVERED 66 WATER SEDIMENT AND 40

MONITORING

AT

OF THE EACH

TO PROVIDE

A

MONITORING

COVERAGE

STATIONS,

OF

ON

PHYSIO-CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND BACTERIAL

COMPREHENSIVE

A WIDE RANGE OF PARAMETERS WERE MEASURED

INFORMATION ESSENTIAL

MARINE WATER QUALITY AND SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS.

THE WATER QUALITY ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WATERS INCLUDING THE EASTERN WATERS, THE NORTHWESTERN WATERS SOUTHERN WATERS WAS

MOVEMENT DISCHARGING INTO THEM.

IN THESE

STILL AREAS

GOOD AND SMALL

DURING 1989 AMOUNT

IN

OPEN MARINE AND THE DUE TO FASTER WATER LOADS OF POLLUTION

AND THE

INNER

HOWEVER, THE WATER QUALITY IN VICTORIA HARBOUR PARTS OF ENCLOSED BAYS SUCH AS TOLO HARBOUR, PORT SHELTER, HEBE HAVEN, JUNK BAY AND DEEP BAY WAS UNSATISFACTORY.

THE POLLUTION PROBLEM IN TOLO

VICTORIA HARBOUR,

DEEP BAY HAD EXEMPLIFIED IN

OF THE FORM

HARBOUR AND SEVERE DISSOLVED OXYGEN DEPLETION AND ALGAL BLOOMS IN THE FORM OF RED TIDES.

IDENTIFIED IN

IN

FURTHERMORE, INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION HAD ALSO BEEN THESE AREAS AS INDICATED BY THE HIGH CONTENTS OF MICRO-POLLUTANTS THE SEDIMENTS.

/THE REPORT