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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1991

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CHAI WAN AND SHAU KEI WAN SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN STUDY

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS COMMISSIONED A CONSULTANCY STUDY TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF THE POLLUTION PROBLEM RESULTING FROM IMPROPER DISCHARGE OF DOMESTIC SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENTS TO STORMWATER DRAINS AND WATER COURSES WITHIN THE CHAI WAN AND SHAU KEI WAN REGION.

THE STUDY WILL ASSESS THE INADEQUACY OF THE EXISTING SEWERAGE SYSTEM AND SCHEMES FOR REMEDIAL WORKS WILL BE FORMULATED TO ENSURE THAT ALL SEWAGE WILL BE PROPERLY COLLECTED AND DISPOSED OF IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE MANNER.

A SEWERAGE MASTER PLAN WILL BE ESTABLISHED AND A PRIORITISED PROGRAMME FOR PROGRESSIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF NECESSARY ENGINEERING WORKS WILL BE PREPARED TO PROVIDE FOR SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MEASURES TO REDUCE THE POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN STAGES. EMPHASIS WILL BE GIVEN ACHIEVING EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.

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THE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSULTANCY STUDY WAS SIGNED TODAY (THURSDAY) BETWEEN THE EPO'S ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (WASTE AND WATER POLICY), MR PAUL R. HOLMES, AND THE JOINT VENTURE CONSULTANTS, MR P. PURNELL-EDWARDS, DIRECTOR OF PYPUN-HOWARD HUMPHREYS LTD AND MR A.J. MORRIS, DIRECTOR OF BALFOURS INTERNATIONAL (ASIA) CONSULTING

ENGINEERS LTD.

THE STUDY, AT A COST OF $10.34 MILLION, WILL BE CARRIED OUT TWO PHASES AND BE COMPLETED IN 18 MONTHS.

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GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED GRADES ON THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.

THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS ΤΟ INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL VARIOUS BEACHES.

THE GRADING WILL BE SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE USUALLY SAMPLED.

ANNOUNCED

BIWEEKLY DURING

SWIMMERS AND POLLUTION AT

THE BATHING

FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATERS ARE

THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E. COLI DATA OBTAINED BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.

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