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In the meantime, the department will continue to monitor the situation and offer whatever assistance to affected fishermen until the issue is satisfactorily resolved.
In a related development, fish and water samples collected from the culture zone by AFD yesterday had been sent to the Government Laboratory for oil pollution examination.
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Lorry damaged footbridge to re-open
The Highways Department today (Tuesday) announces that the footbridge across Lai Chi Kok Road near Cheung Shun Street will be re-open for public use
tomorrow.
The footbridge's eastern half above the Kowloon-bound carriageway was damaged by a lorry loaded with a crane on May 1.
A department spokesman said: "Re-construction work commenced immediately after the incident and it took 10 weeks to complete.
"The pre-cast main deck of the bridge was successfully put in place in the early morning on June 30."
The re-constructed section is 24 metres long and 4.1 metres wide including a staircase at the end near Cheung Shun Street.
The new section has a headroom of 5.05 metres, marginally higher than the original's 5 metres.
Pending settlement of the final bills, the cost for the repair and re-construction of the footbridge is estimated at $2 million.
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