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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1993

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HEALTH,

PARLOURS

IN

MRS WONG SAID THE 'GUIDELINES ON THE PREVENTION OF TRANSMISSION

BY PUBLISHED

THE DEPARTMENT OF OF

DISEASES" BLOOD-BORNE WERE DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ ALL OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF TATTOO HONG KONG.

"THE GUIDELINES FOCUS PARTICULARLY ON THE RISKS OF AND HIV TRANSMISSION.

HEPATITIS-B

HYGIENIC THESE

"THEY ALSO GIVE CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ON MAINTENANCE OF STANDARD, DISINFECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SHARPS FOR ESTABLISHMENTS, SHE SAID,

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IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS REGULAR HEALTH PROGRAMME ON PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS-B AND HIV INFECTIONS.

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WATER QUALITY BEING CLOSELY MONITORED

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SUPPLY

EDUCATION

THE

THE WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING

SYSTEM то ENSURE THE QUALITY OF TREATED WATER IN THEIR WHOLESOMENESS OF WATER SUPPLIED TO CONSUMERS, THE SECRETARY FOR WORKS, MR JAMES BLAKE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TANG SIU-TONG, BLAKE SAID THE QUALITY OF WATER IN GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM TUEN MUN AND YUEN LONG AREAS WERE NORMAL AND SATISFACTORY.

MR

IN

FROM NINE

HE SAID WSD STAFF TOOK 274 WATER SAMPLES FOR TEST GOVERNMENT HOUSING ESTATES AND TWO PRIVATE ESTATES IN AUGUST.

TAKEN FROM THE

THE TEST RESULTS REVEALED THAT ALL SAMPLES GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM JUST OUTSIDE THE ESTATES WERE CLEAR AND SATISFACTORY.

92 PER CENT THE REMAINING

FOR THE WATER SAMPLES TAKEN INSIDE THE ESTATES, WERE FOUND TO BE VISUALLY CLEAR AND SATISFACTORY, AND SAMPLES WERE FOUND TO BE SLIGHTLY TURBID DUE TO HIGH IRON CONTENT, BUT WERE IN GENERAL BACTERIOLOGICALLY SATISFACTORY, HE SAID.

MR

TAP DISCOLOURED BASICALLY DUE TO CORROSION OF THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE

THE INSIDE STEEL PIPES

SAID BLAKE

THE PROBLEM

OF

COMMONLY KNOWN

CONSUMERS' PREMISES.

AS

TT

SERVICE"

WATER GALVANISED WITHIN

WAS

THE

AS A RESULT, EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FINE IRON PARTICLES REMAIN SUSPENSION IN THE WATER, HE SAID.

IN

THE PROBLEM IS PARTICULARLY ACUTE WHEN THE STANDING IDLE FOR SOME TIME, OR WHEN IT IS FIRST DRAWN OUT TAP IN MORNING.

WATER HAS BEEN

THE

UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE, THE WATER SHOULD BECOME CLEAR THE TAP HAS BEEN TURNED ON FOR A WHILE.

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