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Out-patient clinic service close on holiday
There would be no evening out-patient clinic service tomorrow (Friday), which is Mid-autumn Festival, the Department of Health announced today (Thursday). All holiday out-patient clinics will also be closed on Saturday (September 28).
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However, eight will serve the public from 9 am to 1 pm on Sunday (September
They are the Violet Peel Health Centre and Shau Kei Wan Jockey Club Clinic on Hong Kong Island; the Kwun Tong Jockey Club Health Centre, Robert Black Health Centre and Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club Clinic in Kowloon; the Lady Trench Polyclinic, Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic and Yuen Long Jockey Club Health Centre in the New Territories.
Information on which private clinics and out-patient departments of private hospitals are open on the holiday can be obtain by calling the Hong Kong Medical Association hotline 90000-22-2322.
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Grading of beach water quality
The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (Thursday) announced the latest gradings of Hong Kong's beaches, based on the bacteriological water quality, for the 1996 swimming season.
The purpose of the grading system is to inform swimmersand the general public about the state of bacteriologicalpollution at various beaches.
The grading will be announced biweekly during the bathing season to coincide with the frequency at which beach waters are usually sampled.
The grading is based on the most recent E coli data obtained by EPD in its routine monitoring programme.
As with last year, the grading also includes an estimate of the risk of suffering some minior skin or gastrointestinal complaints as a result of swimming at a beach which has some degree of pollution.
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