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The long-term solution to this problem is the

provision of proper sewage disposal facilities so that

existing and future developments can be connected to main

public sewers. To achieve this ends an overall sewage strategy for the whole ferritory, and master sewerage plans

for different areas (such as the south of Hong Kong Island)

are being developed under separate consultancies.

implement these plans will require an estimated expenditure

of some $10 billion and a phased programme of works over 10

years.

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In the medium term, it is necessary to tackle at

source the sewage pollution problems of bathing beaches

using the Water Pollution Control Ordinance.

This

The Ordinance

is currently implemented only in the Tolo Harbour area,

which is at present Hong Kong's only water control zone. We

plan to declare the Southern

Southern waters as the second water

control zone later this year, and this will cover all of the

22 bathing beaches in the Southern and Islands Districts.

Initially, all sewage treatment facilities in this proposed

water control zone, including sewage treatment plants and

septic tanks, will be controlled. Later, commercial and

industrial effluents will also be included. Similar

controls will eventually be extended to the rest of the

coastal waters of Hong Kong, following their declaration as

water control zones.

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In addition, short-term works to intercept and

divert the stormwater drains running into Repulse Bay,

Stanley Main and Tung Wan Beaches are planned to be carried