SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1980
NORMAL SCHOOL RESUMES IN
LÀM TIN, SAU MÀU PING ON MONDAY ******
THE 15 PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS AND THE EIGHT CHILD CARE CENTRES IN LAM TIN AND SAU MAU PING WHICH SUSPENDED CLASSES EARLIER THIS WEEK WILL RESUME NORMAL SCHOOL ON MONDAY (JUNE 9), A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE DECISION, TAKEN IN CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPERVISORS OF THE SCHOOLS, FOLLOWS EXHAUSTIVE SURVEYS AND SCIENTIFIC TESTS DESIGNED TO DETECT GASEOUS POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING OFFENSIVE ODOURS, IN THE AMBIENT AIR.
+THE DETAILED WORK DONE BY THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HAS SHOWN NO EVIDENCE OF HARMFUL CONCENTRATIONS OF GASES STILL IN THE AIR THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SPOKESMAN ASSURED PARENTS THAT WITH THE RESUMPTION OF CLASSES, SPECIAL PRECAUTIONARY ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE KWUN TONG COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT'S TWO HEALTH CENTRES IN LAM TIN AND SAU MAU PING TO GIVE EARLY MEDICAL ADVICE AND ATTENTION TO SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO MIGHT REQUIRE ASSISTANCE.
HEADS OF SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO BEEN BRIEFED ON GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR ATTENDING TO STUDENTS REPORTING SICK DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID DETAILED SURVEYS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED IN A WIDE AREA AROUND THE AFFECTED SCHOOLS SINCE THE INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED EARLIER THIS WEEK,
SOME 150 OFFICERS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS HAD COMBED THE AREA FOR POSSIBLE SOURCES OF OFFENSIVE ODOURS OR GAS LEAKS WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE SHORT TERM ILL EFFECTS OF NAUSEA AND VOMITTING BY THE CHILDREN.
+OFFICERS FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ENTERED 2 163 PREMISES AND MADE A DETAILED SURVEY OF 296, INCLUDING 157 RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SHOPS IN THE AREA, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN ADDITION, STAFF OF THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY CONDUCTED TESTS TO DETECT GASEOUS POLLUTANTS,
RESULTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, SHOWED THAT TRACE QUANTITIES OF ETHYL MERCAPTAN AND BUTANE WERE PRESENT IN THE AIR OF CLASSROOMS AT SIU KEUNG PRIMARY SCHOOL AT LÀM TIN.
+SIMILAR CHECKS AT THE REMAINING SCHOOLS FAILED TO REVEAL THE PRESENCE OF ANY NOXIOUS GASES, HE SAID.
/THE SPOKESMAN