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Normally, the closure of a beach would only be considered by the Urban or Regional Council if a grade "4" occurred repeatedly, so that the average health risk over the bathing season exceeded 15 cases per 1,000 swimmers.

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

Hong Kong South

Previous Grading (as at 12.10.95)

Present Grading (as at 26.10.95)

Big Wave Bay

2

Chung Hom Kok

Deep Water Bay

Hairpin

Middle Bay

Repulse Bay

Shek O

South Bay

St. Stephen's

NNNNN-N

2

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

NNN

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

I

Turtle Cove

1

1

Stanley Main

3

3

Rocky Bay

X

X

To Tei Wan*

1

1

Tuen Mun District

Golden Beach

Old Cafeteria

New Cafeteria Castle Peak Kadoorie Butterfly

m X m X en m

3

3

3

3

2

3

W~XPX w

3

2