Letters | No clear reason Hong Kong’s beaches should remain closed

The Hong Kong government has received great support for its decision to open many indoor sports facilities, including pools, and for allowing the return of team sports. Accordingly, would the Leisure and Cultural Services Department or Food and Environmental Hygiene Department please explain to the public, via these pages, the rationale for the continued beach closures?

These closures continue, almost as if forgotten, despite the relaxation of other social activities around the city (“Hong Kong swimming pools can be open, but not the beaches?”, September 23).

Not one person seems to know the reasons for continued beach closures versus allowing many other activities which take place in much tighter confines.