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At present four gazetted beaches, namely Anglers', Castle Peak, Old Cafeteria, and Rocky Bay, are closed to swimmers. The decision to close the beaches has been made by the Regional and Urban Councils on the basis of beach water quality monitoring data for 1994. The public are advised not to swim at these beaches. They are identified by an "X" in the following list.

The grades of the bacteriological water quality of various beaches in Hong Kong today are listed below:

Beach

Previous Grading (as at 27.4.95)

Present Grading

(as at 11.5.95)

Hong Kong South

Big Wave Bay

3

2

Chung Hom Kok

1

1

Deep Water Bay

1

2

Hairpin

1

1

Middle Bay

1

1

Repulse Bay

1

1

Shek O

South Bay

St. Stephen's Turtle Cove

Stanley Main

2

2

1

1

I

1

1

1

2

Rocky Bay

To Tei Wan*

1

~X-

2

X

1

Tuen Mun District

Golden Beach

3

2

Old Cafeteria

New Cafeteria

Castle Peak

Kadoorie

Butterfly

3

3

mXmxm m

3

2

~X-Xen en

3

3