THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1988
SDA INSPECTS AREAS AFFECTED BY FLOODING
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACTED SWIFTLY DURING AND FOLLOWING THE SERIOUS FLOODINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES BROUGHT ABOUT BY TYPHOON WARREN, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DONALD LIAO, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER TOURING AFFECTED AREAS, MR LIAO NOTED THAT A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS HAD MOBILISED ΤΟ DEAL WITH THE SITUATION, AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE HAD ALSO ASSISTED IN RESCUE OPERATIONS BY DISPATCHING HELICOPTERS.
"THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAD OPENED A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY SHELTERS ΤΟ ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FLOODINGS, MR LIAO SAID.
"THOUGH THE FLOODINGS BROUGHT ABOUT LOSSES IN LIVESTOCK, PROPERTY AND FARM CROPS, FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE.
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MR LIAO FIRST WENT TO THE SHEUNG SHUI VILLAGE OFFICE, WHERE HE MET MEMBERS OF THE LIU CLAN AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES BEFORE TOURING THE VILLAGE.
HE WAS JOINED IN THE TOUR
BY THREE OMELCO MEMBERS, MR YEUNG PO-KWAN, MR TAI CHIN-WAH, AND MR ANDREW WONG, AND THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR PANG HANG-YIN, AND YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR TAI KUEN.
THE PARTY THEN LEFT FOR LOK MA CHAU TO VISIT FARMS AFFECTED
BY
FLOODING.
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