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Written by: Li Enci
2021-06-29 11:08
Last update date: 2021-06-29 11:09
Tai Po Man-made Beach Lung Mei Beach was opened last Wednesday (23rd). In the first 5 days of opening, 90 cases of people stabbed by sea urchins or jellyfish have been recorded.
The vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Lifesaving Staff Association, Hu Qirong, said on a TV program this morning (29th) that almost the entire Lung Mei Beach is full of sea urchins, and some lifeguards are busy taking care of the injured. The number is higher than the record number.
Hu said that there is usually only one person on duty at the beach rescue station. "(The stabbed person) seems to be in the sun." Some patrol lifeguards came to help when they saw the situation, and there were fewer manpower to monitor the sea. Happening.
Hu Qirong is worried about the impact on water safety and believes that the Leisure and Cultural Services Department needs to increase its manpower to deal with emergencies.
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The Tai Po Lung Mei artificial beach, which recorded more than 400 marine species and was rebuilt at a cost of about 200 million yuan, was opened last week.
Hu Qirong, vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Life Saving Staff Association, said that almost the entire Long Mei Beach is full of sea urchins. , Swimmers are easily injured without seeing them.
As some lifeguards were busy taking care of the wounded, no manpower records were made. He believed that the actual number of stabbings was higher than the record number. Fortunately, the injuries of the citizens were not serious enough to be hospitalized.
However, Hu Qirong believes that given the size of Lung Mei Beach, at least 14 lifeguards are required on duty. However, at present, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department only arranges 10 people to work, and there are only a few people on some days.
Although lifeguards have basic first aid knowledge and can handle general disinfection of wounds, there is usually only one person on duty at the rescue station.
Hu said that some beach patrol lifeguards came to assist when they saw the situation, and there were fewer manpower to monitor the sea conditions in disguise.
He was worried that water safety would be affected. In case a swimmer was drowning, he might not be able to cope with it, posing a danger. He believed that the Leisure and Cultural Services Department needed to increase its manpower to deal with emergencies and criticized the government's current practices for being irresponsible.
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Li Shaowen, spokesperson for the Dragon Tail Guardian Alliance, said that sea urchins, jellyfish, and tiger fish are common creatures of dragon tails. Most of them are normal in number, and the latter two are more toxic.
He had already warned that Lung Mei would not be suitable for the beach, but the government ignored it. Some officials even stated that "the public can stay in the water and get out of the sun (the sun)." He denounced this statement as absurd.
Li also said that he had moved these sea creatures to the adjacent mud flats earlier, but they went back to the beach area through nets. He also criticized the manual cleaning method to treat the symptoms and not the root cause, "the side may be cleaned."
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