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From: GIS (D O.)
Log: GIS/L/F/410
SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1992
CS EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO RAINSTORM VICTIMS
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD EXTENDS HIS SYMPATHY TO THE RELATIVES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES YESTERDAY IN THE RAINSTORM AND ALL THOSE WHO WERE INJURED.
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OPENING AN EXHIBITION OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES TODAY (SATURDAY), SIR DAVID SAID : ' IT IS ALWAYS VERY SAD WHEN WE HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER SUCH AS THIS.'
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NOTING THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST RAINSTORMS IN HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SAID THAT IT WAS INEVITABLE THERE WAS GOING TO BE
GREAT DEAL OF DISRUPTION IN HONG KONG.
"I THINK IT WAS ALSO FORTUNATE THOUGH THAT THE LANDSLIPS AS LIMITED AS THEY WERE," HE ADDED;
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"AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BIG PROGRAMME OF STABILIZING SLOPES WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS NOW.
"I THINK THAT HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE TO LIMITING AMOUNT OF DAMAGE AND INDEED THE LOSS OF LIFE."
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SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING AT ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.
"I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE A MORE FLEXIBLE SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN REACT PERHAPS MORE QUICKLY IN FUTURE, HE SAID.
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WILL UNDERTAKE THAT REVIEW AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND WE WILL MAKE KNOWN PUBLICLY WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT REVIEW IS.
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"CLEARLY, I THINK WE HAVE SOME LESSONS TO LEARN AND WE WILL SURE THAT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE THAT WE MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION, PARTICULARLY то CHILDREN.
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"OBVIOUSLY WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CHILDREN BEING OUT THESE RAINSTORMS AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE CONCERNED TO DO.'
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ASKED ABOUT COORDINATION AMONG GOVERNMENT DAVID SAID : OF COURSE IT HAPPENED AT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME INDEED. IT WAS A CRUCIAL TIME FOR CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOLS.
"I THINK THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN TERMS OF COORDINATION AND IN TERMS OF THE FLEXIBILITY AND THAT IS WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT NOW IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.'
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