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Supplementary to LegCo Question No. 5

in Legislative Council on 29 May 1985

Mr. P.K. Yeung: -

Sir, will the Government state what special remedial measures

are required in typhoon shelters and how does it solve the

problem of floating refuse?

Secretary for Health and Welfare:-

Sir, typhoon shelters of course have particular problems in

that people actually live in very restricted areas in the

shelters, and the problem lies particularly of course in

refuse from the boats. There is a special programme of collection

of refuse from the harbour generally and particularly from

typhoon shelters. This is the approach that we have adopted

towards this particular problem.

Mr. P.K. Yeung: -

Sir, will the Government inform this Council what beaches are

mainly affected by the potentially polluted drains and what

actions have been taken to improve the situation?

Secretary for Health and Welfare:-

Sir, I don't have details of the exact names of the beaches,

but I can tell you that the method that we're adopting is

largely either to divert the drain away from the beaches, or

rimmed to put a main across the beach which will intercept the

effluent and divert it away from the beach. But I will give

Mr. Yeung a list of the beaches which are affected and the

steps that we are taking towards solving the problem.