SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 1988
REPORT ON SAFETY OF LRT SYSTEM TO BE READY SOON
THE FULL REPORT ON THE SAFETY OF THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM WAS EXPECTED TO BE SUBMITTED BY MR COOKSEY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS WEEK AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD THEN MAKE AN ASSESSMENT AS ΤΟ FUTURE RUNNING OF THE LRT SYSTEM, THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER OFFICIATING AT A CEREMONY MARKING THE COMPLETION OF PHASE 1 OF THE LRT SYSTEM, SIR DAVID SAID ROTH THE GOVERNMENT AND KCRC SHARED THE RESIDENTS' CONCERN TO ENSURE THE LRT SYSTEM WOULD BE AS SAFE AS IT POSSIBLY COULD BE.
"EVERYBODY IS ANXIOUS TO DO THE SAME,
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"I THINK THAT WHEN WE HAVE HAD A PERIOD OF SCHEDULED EVERYBODY IS MORE USED TO THE SYSTEM AND HAS A GREAT DRAL OF CONFIDENCE IN IT, THEN I THINK EVERYBODY'S FEAR WILL BE PUT TO REST."
SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE RESPONSE TO MR COOKSEY'S THE ACCIDENT HAS BEEN VERY GOOD.
"EVERYBODY HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THAT AND HAND MR COOKSEY'S RECOMMENDATIONS. I THINK THAT WILL BEAR ADDED.
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ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE RECENT TALKS IN HANOI ON OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, SIR DAVID SAID THAT THEY WERE AS GOOD AS WE COULD POSSIBLY EXPECT FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS.
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HE SAID: "WE DID NOT EXPECT TO ACHIEVE A GREAT BREAKTHROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF TALKS AS MR CLIFT HAD MADE CLEAR BEFORE HE LEFT. BUT I THINK THERE IS NOW A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH SIDES POSITION,
"I AM SURE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND OF TALKS. I AM HOPEFUL AT THAT ROUND OF TALKS WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RETURN OF THE VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ΤΟ THEIR OWN COUNTRY.
HE ADDED THAT THE TIME FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS HAD NOT BEEN DECIDED.
ON THE QUESTION OF PROVIDING ECONOMIC AID ΤΟ VIETNAM, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS FAR TOO EARLY TO SAY AT THIS STAGE WHAT MIGHT BE THE EVENTUAL PACKAGE.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED IN STOPPING THE FLOW AND IN MAKING PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEIR REPATRIATION.
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