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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1990
MARINE INQUIRY INTO SINKING OF SHIP
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. SZB, HAS ORDERED A LOCAL MARINE INQUIRY BE HELD INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING
THAT
THB
SINKING OF A TAIWANESE-REGISTERED VESSEL, THE TIEN FU, ON SUNDAY
(JUNE 17).
A SURVEYOR OF SHIPS, MR DESMOND HOWELL, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO INVESTIGATE UNDER SECTION 58 OF THE SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE TIEN FU SANK NEAR THE NINEPIN GROUP OF ISLANDS EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY. THREE PEOPLE DIED AND THE MASTER OF THE WAS REPORTED MISSING IN THE INCIDENT.
IN THE VSEEL
THE MARINE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO LIAISING WITH THE MACAU MARINE DEPARTMENT WITH A VIEW TO INQUIRING INTO CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE STRANDING OF TWO HONG KONG BARGES AND ONE DREDGER AT THE HAC SA BEACH IN THE PORTUGUESE TERRITORY ON SUNDAY.
HK'S FIRST BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT CARRIED OUT IN QMH
THE FIRST BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT (BMT) IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED OUT IN QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL (QMH) IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST MONTH, THE HEAD OF THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL UNIT AT QMH, PROFESSOR T.K. CHAN, ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ON THE BEGINNING OF THE BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT SERVICE AT QMH, PROFESSOR CHAN SAID FIRST PATIENT WHO HAS RECEIVED A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT IN HONG IS A 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE SUFFERING FROM ACUTE MYELOID LEUKAEMIA.
KONG
WHO
"THE TRANSPLANT WAS CARRIED OUT IN MID-MAY AND THE PATIENT
NOW READY HAS SUCCESSFULLY ACCEPTED HER BROTHER'S DONATION MARROW IS FOR DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL.
"WITHOUT BMT, HER CHANCE OF CURB IS ZERO; BUT NOW HER CHANCE OF CURE HAS RISEN TO 50 PER CENT.
PROFESSOR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT THE PRESENT QMH IS INTENDED FOR ADULT PATIENTS OVER 12 AND UNDER 45 YEARS WITH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING INDICATIONS:
BMT
PROGRAMME AT OF AGE
ACUTE LEUKAEMIAS (BOTH MYELOID AND LYMPHOID) IN EARLY STAGES OF TREATMENT;
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