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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1993

THE POLICE IN CASE OF LOSS OF WHEN FRAUDULENT ACTS, SUCH AS UNAUTHORISED SELLING, ARE

ORGANISERS SHOULD INFORM PROPERTY, AND SEEK THEIR ASSISTANCE TAMPERING OF COLLECTION BAGS OR MAKING FOUND, HE SAID.

THE FUND-RAISING DAYS FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH ARE AS FOLLOWS:

EVENT DATE

ORGANISATIONS

10.9.93, 12.9.93

10.9.93 -

13.9.93

PO LEUNG KUK

MEDICAL SOCIETY, HKUSU

11.9.93

12.9.93,

THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF HK

RELIEF AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION ACTION LTD

26.9.93

17.9.93

HONG KONG COUNCIL OF BUDDHIST SOCIETIES, LTD

19.9.93

18.9.93

HK KIDNEY PATIENTS TRUST FUND

25.9.93

TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS

26.9.93

LAND OF VIRTUE CENTRE LTD

BEACH WATER GRADES

THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION

DEPARTMENT TODAY {THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED GRADES OF THE BACTERIOLOGICAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.

THE PURPOSE IS TO INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE STATE OF BACTERIOLOGICAL POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES,

ABOUT

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE GRADING WOULD BE ANNOUNCED BIWEEKLY DURING THE BATHING SEASON TO COINCIDE WITH THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATER WAS USUALLY SAMPLED.

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

AS WITH LAST YEAR, THE GRADING ALSO INCLUDES AN ESTIMATE OF THE RISK OF SUFFERING SOME MINOR SKIN DISEASES OR GASTROINTESTINAL COMPLAINTS AS A RESULT OF SWIMMING AT A BEACH THAT HAS SOME DEGREE OF POLLUTION.

/THE ESTIMATE