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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985
AS REGARDS THE PROVISION OF INTERPRETERS FOR THOSE PATIENTS WH DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH OR CHINESE, DR THONG SAID, IT WAS THE EXISTING PRACTICE IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS THAT, HENEVER NECESSARY, ASSISTANCE WAS SOUGHT IN THE FIRST INSTANCE FROM THE "PATIENT'S RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OR FROM MEMBERS OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF.
+ IF THESE SOURCES ARE UNAVAILABLE, ASSISTANCE MAY THEN BE SOUGHT FROM OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL SUCH AS THE CONSULATES, HE ADDED.
ACCORDING TO MEDICAL RECORDS, THE 23-YEAR-OLD IRANIAN, MR AZOLI HAMID REZA, WHO WAS DETAINED UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, WAS ADMITTED INTO THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL CUSTODIAL WARD IN THE EARLY HOURS OF JULY 21, 1984 UNDER CARE FOR +RAPID BREATHING, SWEATING AND FEVER.+
HE WAS PLACED UNDER THE CARE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG MEDICAL UNIT. THE PATIENT DIED ON JULY 26, 1984. THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS SHOWN BY THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION WAS BRONCHOPNEUMONIA.
BILL ON GAS FUELS BEING DRAFTED
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A COMPREHENSIVE BILL WAS BEING DRAFTED TO REGULATE THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE, TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION OF LPG AND OTHER GAS FUELS AND SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON DAVID JEAFFRESON, SAID TODAY.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO ON MEASURES TAKEN TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF LPG CYLINDERS.
+LPG CYLINDERS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE OF A TYPE APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES AND TO MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS LAID DOWN IN THE RELEVANT BRITISH STANDARDS OR THEIR EQUIVALENT,+ MR JE AFFRESON SAID.
+THE LAW ALSO LAYS DOWN CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING CYLINDERS ONCE THEY ARE IN USE.+
A NUMBER OF OTHER MEASURES, MR JEAFFRESON SAID, HAD BEEN INTRODUCED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF LPG CYLINDERS.
AS A RESULT OF AN AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES AND THE OIL INDUSTRY, EACH CYLINDER WAS SUBJECTED TO A LEAKAGE TEST AFTER RE-FILLING.
+IN ADITION,