Supplementary to Question No. 1
Legco-Keating on 274.88
MR. CHEUNG (in Cantonese) : Sir, it is estimated that
about 4 million people go to the
beaches during the
swimming season every year but
but good quality beaches are
disappearing every day. So, will
Government tell us
can be
whether something will be done so that more beaches
opened for the benefit of the public?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE
the
various methods
Sir, I have explained
short term, medium term and long
side of
term which are being adopted to deal with this problem.
This is, however, not something which can be corrected
overnight. We have, I am afraid, a long history of
relative neglect of sewage treatment facilities, and the
result is the problem that we have on the south side
Hong Kong Island, where there are no mains sewers. Large
blocks of residential accommodation have been built over
the last 20 or 30 years with the requirement that sewage
facilities be provided by the developers.
Unfortunately, these facilities have not been properly
maintained, and it is largely as a result of this that we
have the present situation. The introduction of the water
control zone on the south side of the Island should help
to rectify many of these problems and this will be done as
soon as possible after the declaration of the water
control zone which we hope will be in October this year.
treatment
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