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Attention TV/Radio Announcers:

Please broadcast the following as soon as possible:

On the advice of the Environmental Protection Department that the water quality at Stanley Main Beach and Hair Pin Beach is now suitable for swimming, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced that the two beaches affected by the oil slick yesterday will be re-opened at 1.30 pm today (July 2).

End/Sunday, July 2, 2000

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