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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1992

MR CHAN SAID IN DRAWING UP ITS WORK SCHEDULES, THE CDI HAD BEEN PRIORITIES GUIDED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (CDC) AND THE SPECIFIED IN ECR4.

WORK

HE SAID ABOUT 1,000 PERSONS WERE INVOLVED DIRECTLY IN THE OF THE CDC WHICH OPERATED THROUGH A SYSTEM OF CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES AND SUBJECT COMMITTEES,

"BESIDES EXPERTISE

WITHIN THE

HEADS OF SCHOOLS,

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

TEACHERS, PRACTISING

THEY

ACADEMICS FROM

COMPRISE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HONG KONG EXAMINATION

" MR CHAN SAID. AUTHORITY, PARENTS AND EMPLOYERS,

NO PLAN TO REDUCE CHLORINE CONTENT OF POTABLE WATER

靠

ADVERSE

CONTENT OF POTABLE THERE IS NO PLAN TO REDUCE THE CHLORINE WATER WHICH IS VERY MUCH LOWER THAN THE LEVEL THAT WILL CAUSE EFFECTS TO HEALTH.

IN THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE,

IN THE A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG CHI-WOOD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR BLAKE SAID THE AVERAGE FREE RESIDUAL CHLORINE CONTENT OF THE

0.9MG/L. TREATED WATER UPON LEAVING TREATMENT WORKS WAS

FINAL

THIS

TO CATER FOR VARIATIONS MIGHT VARY SEASONAL VARIATIONS AND OTHER SPECIAL SITUATIONS.

IN WATER

QUALITY,

RESIDUAL MG/L

BY THE

AVERAGE THE AS INDICATED BY PREVIOUS SAMPLES TAKEN, CHLORINE CONTENT AT THE TAP LEVEL IS NORMALLY WITHIN 0.2 TO 0.5 WHICH IS THE DESIRABLE CHLORINE CONCENTRATION AS RECOMMENDED WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, HE SAID.

MR BLAKE SAID THERE WAS NO NEED TO TAKE ANY STAGE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WAYS TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF IN POTABLE WATER ON THEIR HEALTH.

ACTION

AT THIS CHLORINE

"THIS SUBJECT, HOWEVER, WILL BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW, IN THE LIGHT

OF THE FINDINGS OF LATEST RESEARCHES,

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HE ADDED,

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