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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994

SHE POINTED OUT THAT AS PERSONAL HEALTH AND RELATED MATTERS HAD FOR SOME TIME BEEN A POPULAR TOPIC, THE HONG KONG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HAD APPEARED MOST OFTEN ON THE PROGRAMME (24 TIMES).

OTHER NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS APPEARING

OFTEN ON THE

PROGRAMME INCLUDED KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY (NINE TIMES), LIGHT RAIL (NJNE TIMES), MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (EIGHT TIMES), VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (SIX TIMES) AND KOWLOON MOTOR BUS (FIVE TIMES).

MRS CARTLAND ALSO SAID ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF THE PROGRAMME'S TOTAL AIR TIME WAS FOR ORGANISATIONS TO EXPLAIN THEIR WORK AND SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

SHE ADDED THAT ON SUCH EXCEPTIONAL OCCASIONS, THE CONTENT MUST BE OF SUFFICIENT PUBLIC INTEREST AND CONCERN TO BE AIRED.

NEW BEACH TO OPEN IN AUGUST

A NEW BEACH AT TUEN MUN IS SCHEDULED FOR OPENING TO THE PUBLIC IN AUGUST, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MRS RACHEL CARTLAND, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN HER WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU, MRS CARTLAND SAID THE NEW FACILITY WAS AT GOLDEN BEACH AND WAS BEING DEVELOPED.

SHE ALSO SAID THE REGIONAL COUNCIL (RC) ALWAYS SOUGHT ΤΟ DEVELOP POTENTIAL BEACHES IN ITS AREA AND A DECISION IN THIS REGARD DEPENDS ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS.

THESE INCLUDE ACCESSIBILITY, WATER QUALITY, BEACH PROFILE, CURRENT, THE SIZE OF THE HINTERLAND AND THE AVAILABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT.

WATER

AT PRESENT, THE RC MANAGES 30 GAZETTED BEACHES AND THEIR WATER QUALITY IS MONITORED REGULARLY BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD).

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"BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE EPD, THE RC HAS RESOLVED TO OPEN OF THESE 30 BEACHES IN THE CURRENT SWIMMING SEASON, MRS CARTLAND SAID.

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REMAINING THREE, VIZ ANGLERS' BEACH, OLD CAFETERIA AND CASTLE PEAK BEACH, ARE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE UNSATISFACTORY QUALITY THERE, SHE ADDED.

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