THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1985
GOVERNMENT AWAITING MEDICAL REPORT ON NG
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THE GOVERNMENT IS WAITING FOR A MEDICAL REPORT ON NG AH-LUNG, WHO WAS FOUND INJURED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, IN ORDER TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM AND WHY HE SHOULD DO SUCH A THING, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY)
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS AFTER TOURING THE GENERAL POST OFFICE, SIR DAVID SAID NG WAS A NORMAL VISITOR TO HONG KONG WHO HAD INJURED HIMSELF DELIBERATELY AND WAS NOW IN HOSPITAL.
+1 HAVEN'T HAD A REPORT ON HIM TODAY, BUT WE DID ISSUE A VERY FULL PRESS STATEMENT LAST NIGHT, AND IN THAT PRESS STATEMENT IT SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MEDICAL ADVICE AND I HAVEN'T YET RECEIVED THAT MEDICAL ADVICE, HE SAID.
ASKED WHY MEDICAL ADVICE WAS NECESSARY, HE SAID, +OBVIOUSLY IF SOMEONE HAS INJURED HIMSELF VERY BADLY AND HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO HOSPITAL, WE REALLY NEED THE BENEFIT OF DOCTORS TO TELL US EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM AND WHY HE SHOULD DO SUCH A THING.+
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD LOOK INTO HIS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO GO TO THE UNITED STATES, HE SAID, +OBVIOUSLY IF HE MAKES A REQUEST, IT WILL HAVE TO BE LOOKED INTO.+
ASKED WHETHER SUCH A REQUEST HAD BEEN MADE, SIR DAVID SAID, +BUT MANY PEOPLE COME TO HONG KONG AND MAKE THESE REQUESTS, SC OBVIOUSLY IT WILL HAVE TO BE TREATED AS ALL OTHER REQUESTS OF THE SAME NATURË.+
ASKED WHETHER THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS CAUGHT IN AN EMBARRASS ING SITUATION IN REGARD TO THE INCIDENT, SIR DAVID SAID,
1 DON'T THINK WE ARE IN AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION AT ALL,+
+NO,
ON WHETHER THERE HAD BEEN ANY CONTACT WITH THE U.S. CONSULATE OR THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES OVER THE CASE, SIR DAVID SAID, NO, CERTAINLY NOT. THIS EMPLOYEE IS HERE ON A 15-DAY VISA AND HE HAS CUT HIMSELF, INJURED HIMSELF, AND HAS BEEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL, AND HIS MEDICAL CONDITION IS NOW BEING EXAMINED.+
ASKED WHETHER THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE EXPRESSED ANY VIEWS
ON THE ISSUE, HE SAID, NOT THAT I AM AWARE OF.
ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE APPOINTMENT OF MR TIMOTHY RENTON AS FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTER, SIR DAVID SAID, +1 DON'T KNOW MR RENTON MYSELF, BUT I AM SURE THAT HE WILL CARRY ON IN THE GOOD TRADITION THAT MR LUCE HAS ESTABLISHED.+
HE ADDED THAT MR RENTON WAS A VERY ABLE MAN WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, AND THAT HE WAS SURE HE WOULD FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH HIS RESPONSIBILITIES VERY QUICKLY.
/ASKED WHETHER