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Ceremony to commemorate victory day of Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression

     The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, and senior government officials will attend an official ceremony on Monday (September 3) at City Hall Memorial Garden to commemorate the victory of the Chinese people’s war of resistance against Japanese aggression.

     The official ceremony will be held at 8am. The ceremony will include a performance by the Police Band, singing of the national anthem by a choir from St. Joseph’s College and Holy Family Canossian College, flag raising, a gun salute by the Police Rifle Squad, silence in mourning and wreath laying.

     About 900 people including judicial officers, members of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council, representatives of war veteran groups, members of the community, uniformed groups and students will attend the ceremony. In view of the limited capacity at the venue, there will be no public viewing area for the ceremony. Radio Television Hong Kong will provide a live broadcast of the ceremony on the day.

     The Police will implement temporary traffic arrangements at the northern section of Edinburgh Place outside Hong Kong City Hall on the day from 5.30am onwards until the end of the ceremony. Vehicular access to the northern section of Edinburgh Place outside Hong Kong City Hall will be closed and entry will be restricted to vehicles with the appropriate Closed Road Permit. read more

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Grading of beach water quality released

     The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) today (August 31) released the latest grading of water quality for 38 gazetted beaches and one non-gazetted beach (Discovery Bay) that are open for swimming.
        
     Twenty beaches were rated as Good (Grade 1), 18 as Fair (Grade 2) and one as Poor (Grade 3).
 
Grade 1 beaches are:        

Cafeteria New Beach Lower Cheung Sha Beach
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach Middle Bay Beach
Chung Hom Kok Beach Repulse Bay Beach
Clear Water Bay First Beach Shek O Beach
Clear Water Bay Second Beach South Bay Beach
Hap Mun Bay Beach St Stephen’s Beach
Hung Shing Yeh Beach Tong Fuk Beach
Kiu Tsui Beach Trio Beach
Kwun Yam Beach Turtle Cove Beach
Lo So Shing Beach Upper Cheung Sha Beach
 
Grade 2 beaches are:
Approach Beach Hoi Mei Wan Beach
Big Wave Bay Beach Kadoorie Beach
Butterfly Beach Lido Beach
Cafeteria Old Beach Ma Wan Tung Wan Beach
Casam Beach Pui O Beach
Castle Peak Beach Silver Mine Bay Beach
Deep Water Bay Beach Silverstrand Beach
Discovery Bay Stanley Main Beach
Golden Beach Ting Kau Beach
 
Grade 3 beaches are:
Anglers’ Beach  
 
     Compared with the grading released last week, Clear Water Bay First Beach and Shek O Beach have been upgraded from Grade 2 to Grade 1, and Castle Peak Beach from Grade 3 to Grade 2. Silverstrand Beach has been changed from Grade 1 to Grade 2, and Anglers’ Beach from Grade 2 to Grade 3. 
      
     “The changes are generally within the normal range of fluctuation of the bacteriological water quality of the beaches,” an EPD spokesman said.
      
     Under the present grading system, beaches are classified into four grades according to the level of E. coli in the water. Grades are calculated on the basis of the geometric mean of the E. coli counts on the five most recent sampling occasions.
 
     While the ratings represent the general water quality at the beaches, the EPD spokesman reminded members of the public that water quality could be temporarily affected during and after periods of heavy rain. Bathers should avoid swimming at beaches for up to three days after a storm or heavy rainfall.
      
     A summary of beach grades is published weekly before the weekend. The latest beach grades based on the most current data may be obtained from the department’s websites on Beach Water Quality (www.beachwq.gov.hk and www.epd.gov.hk/epd/beach) or the beach hotline, 2511 6666. read more

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