Hong Kong Continues Cleanup Following Palm Oil Spill
the legal liability for the disaster with the shipping company involved, which it declined to identify. The impact on the territory's marine life, which includes the endangered Chinese white dolphins - also known as pink dolphins - was not immediately clear. On Pui O beach on Lantau Island, large stinking clumps of congealed palm oil dotted the shoreline, and a rock formation at one end that children love to climb was coated in the slippery substance. Scores of workers fanned out to scoop up oil waste, more than 100 black bags of which were piled up early on Wednesday
Red Tides Sighted in Hong Kong
Three red tides have been sighted in Hong Kong waters over the past week, an inter-departmental red tide working group reported today, April 25. Two red tides at Pui O Beach and Silver Mine Bay Beach on Lantau Island were observed by staff of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department on April 18 and 20 respectively. Red flags were hoisted at the beaches immediately. Another red tide was spotted by staff of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) at Tolo Harbour near Tang Chau yesterday, April 24. The red tide at Pui O Beach, Lantau Island dissipated while the other
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