Ten beaches typically packed on a hot weekend were closed in Hong Kong today due to a palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters.
Ten beaches typically packed on a hot weekend were closed in Hong Kong today due to a palm oil spillage from a ship collision in mainland Chinese waters.
Photographs showed styrofoam-like clumps lining the shores, while the waters at a fishing village popular with tourists were seen covered in oil and rubbish.
Hong Kong comprises more than 200 islands, many with popular beaches, but there are increasing concerns about pollution and rubbish blighting the city’s shores.
The government closed six beaches and hoisted warning flags after „white, oily substances“ were spotted on the waters and sands off southern Hong Kong’s outlying islands this morning, according to a statement.
Four additional beaches on the southern coast of the main Hong Kong Island were shut when beach staffers found „white, granular substances“ on them, the statement added.
