WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1984
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PROBE INTO BLACKOUT WILL BE DISCLOSED
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CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY WILL ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS OF ITS INVESTIGATION INTO THE MARCH 4 BLACKOUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
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*BUT AN INVESTIGATION OF THIS NATURE MUST TAKE SOME TIME, HE EXPLAINED, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON YEUNG PO-KWAN,
MR JACOBS ALSO SAID THAT THE COMPANY HAD ENGAGED CONSULTANTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE UNITED STATES TO HELP IDENTIFY MEASURES THAT CAN BE TAKEN TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS, THOUGH IT HAD THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE TO CARRY OUT SUCH AN INVESTIGATION.
DEALING WITH THE QUERY CONCERNING SECURITY MEASURES DURING A POWER FAILURE, MR JACOBS SAID THAT,, LIKE IN ANY EMERGENCY, THE POLICE WOULD BE DEPLOYED TO ENSURE THERE IS NO BREAKDOWN OF ORDER.
AND THE TRAFFIC POLICE, HE SAID, WOULD PROCEED TO MAJOR INTER-CHANGES AND JUNCTIONS TO SECURE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE A SMOOTH FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
+IF A MAJOR POWER FAILURE WERE TO OCCUR DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS, ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE WOULD BE DEPLOYED AS NECESSARY, HE SAID.
MR JACOBS EXPLAINED THAT THE FIRE SERVICES COMMUNICATION CENTRE, WHICH IS MANNED 24 HOURS A DAY, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING ADEQUATE FIRE AND AMBULANCE COVER THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY DURING ANY EMERGENCY.
+FIRE APPLIANCES EQUIPPED WITH LIFT KEYS WILL COPE WITH
ANY INCIDENTS INVOLVING PEOPLE TRAPPED IN LIFTS.
+ACTION IS NOW IN HAND TO PROVIDE FIRE STATIONS AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS WITH ADDITIONAL LIFT KEYS SO AS
TO ENHANCE THEIR CAPABILITY TO MEET ANY SUDDEN DEMAND FOR LIFT RESCUE, MR JACOBS SAID.
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