TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1989
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GOVERNOR SPEAKS ON INCIDENT AT SHAM SHUI PO DETENTION CENTRE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (TUESDAY) STRESSED THE VIOLENCE WHICH OCCURRED AT SHAM SHUI PO DETENTION CENTRE NIGHT WAS IN NO WAY CONNECTED WITH MANDATORY REPATRIATION VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, DAVID SAID: "I DON'T THINK ONE SHOULD CONFUSE THESE TWO THINGS.
THAT LAST OF
SIR
"AS FAR AS I'VE HEARD FROM THE PRELIMINARY REPORTS THIS MORNING, THE TROUBLE IN SHAM SHUI PO WAS BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES OF VIETNAMESE AND IT WAS IN NO WAY CONNECTED WITH MANDATORY REPATRIATION.
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SIR DAVID SAID HE WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED WITH VIOLENCE IN THE AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED. IT MUST BE DEALT WITH "IN A SATISFACTORY WAY".
THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS WAITING FOR A REPORT ON THE
INCIDENT.
ADEQUATE MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST SAI KUNG CAMP POLLUTION
A CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE WATER SUPPLIES (TUESDAY) EMPHASISED THAT ADEQUATE MEASURES WERE IN THAT WATER IN THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR WOULD NOT BE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE CENTRE IN SAI KUNG.
DEPARTMENT TODAY PLACE TO ENSURE AFFECTED BY THE
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"THE TEMPORARY CAMP IS LOCATED ON A SITE WELL HIGH ISLAND WEST DAM AND WATER IN THE RESERVOIR ABOVE CANNOT POSSIBLY BE POLLUTED BY THE CAMP, MR KU CHI-CHUNG SAID.
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"THE DAM HAS ADEQUATE ANTI-SEEPAGE DESIGNS BUILT INTO IT WHICH SHOULD WELL ALLAY FEARS OF THE CAMP POLLUTING WATER IN THE RESERVOIR.
"WE HAVE A WATER SAMPLING SYSTEM TO CLOSELY MONITOR QUALITY, AND SITE STAFF TO OBSERVE THE ECOLOGY IN THE AND WE CAN QUICKLY DETECT ANY ANOMALY.
THE WATER RESERVOIR,
"WE WILL BE MAKING SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR OUR STAFF TO STEP UP REGULAR SURVEILLANCE IN THE RESERVOIR AREA. OUR PUMPING STATION NEAR THE CAMP SITE IS MANNED ON A 24-HOUR BASIS AND STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY KEEP A CLOSE WATCH THERE."
MR KU POINTED OUT THAT THE WATER SUPPLIES SATISFIED THAT HAVING A TEMPORARY CAMP THERE WOULD WATER QUALITY AND NORMAL WATER SUPPLY TO THE PUBLIC.
DEPARTMENT WAS NOT AFFECT THE
"THE RESERVOIR