WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1980
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TOP LEVEL GROUP TO OVERSEE NEW 'CLEAN' DRIVE
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A HIGH LEVEL STEERING GROUP IS BEING ESTABLISHED UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY TO OVERSEE A NEW TERRITORY- WIDE KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE URBAN COUNCIL IN OCTOBER NEXT YEAR.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE
HON DEREK JONES IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHARLES YEUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR JONES SAID THE GROUP WOULD COMPRISE SENIOR OFFICIALS AND PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
+A POST OF CO-ORDINATOR OF THE CAMPAIGN HAS RECENTLY BEEN FILLED AND THE OVERALL STRATEGY AND AN OUTLINE OF PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES IS NOW BEING DRAWN UP,+ HE SAID.
MR JONES SAID THAT WITHIN THE URBAN AREA, THE URBAN COUNCIL WOULD CONTINUE TO CARRY THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH ITS 'KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, AND SEPARATE COMMITTEES WERE BEING SET UP TO CONDUCT THE CAMPAIGN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR JONES ADDED THAT THE CHIEF SECRETARY WOULD MAKE A MORE DEFINITIVE STATEMENT ON THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS AFTER THE OUTLINE OF PROGRAMMES WAS DRAWN UP.
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INVESTIGATION INTO KWAI CHUNG EXPLOSION CONTINUES
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THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION IN THE TRANSFORMER ROOM OF THE SOUTH INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AT KWAI CHUNG ON SEPTEMBER 18 HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN, MR DAVIES SAID THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE HAVE COMPLETED THE IR PARTS OF THE INVESTIGATION BUT FURTHER TECHNICAL INPUT IS AWAITED FROM THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY BEFORE THE FULL REPORT CAN BE COMPILED.
+ INFORMATION FROM THE POWER COMPANY IS EXPECTED EARLY IN JANUARY, HE ADDED.
MR DAVIES SAID AS THE INCIDENT HAD RESULTED IN ONE DEATH AND 23 INJURIES, THE FULL REPORT, WHEN AVAILABLE, WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CORONER FOR EXAMINATION WITH A VIEW TO DECIDING WHETHER AN INQUEST SHOULD BE HELD.
THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION WOULD NOT BE MADE PUBLIC UNTIL THE TIME OF THE INQUEST, IF ONE IS TO BE HELD.
+ IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE CORONER DECIDES NOT TO HOLD AN INQUEST, DETAILS OF THE REPORT WILL BE RELEASED WHEN THAT DECISION IS REACHED AND A STATEMENT WILL THEN BE MADE, SAID MR DAVIES.
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