FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1993
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JUSTICE BOKHARY HEADS LAN KWAI FONG INQUIRY * * * * *
MR
RECOGNISED
JUSTICE BOKHARY SAID THIS
AND
ACCEPTED THE HEAVY
(FRIDAY) AFTERNOON
OF RESPONSIBILITY
THAT HE
BEEN
HAVING
THEIR LIVES
APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR TO INQUIRE INTO THE TRAGEDY AT LAN KWAI FONG IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING WHEN 20 PERSONS LOST AND MANY MORE WERE INJURED.
BE FINALISED,
WILL
"OVER THE WEEKEND, MY TERMS OF REFERENCE WILL SUPPORT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE, AND THE GATHERING OF MATERIAL START.
ITS OBJECT WILL BE AND ΤΟ MAKE
"THE INQUIRY WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY MORNING, ΤΟ FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY IT HAPPENED, RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO HOW THE DANGER OF A RECURRENCE CAN BE REMOVED OR
REDUCED.
"THE
DURING
AND IT
中申
OCCURRED THIS TRAGEDY, HAVING MATTER IS URGENT. ONE CELEBRATION, AN INTERIM REPORT IS NEEDED BEFORE THE NEXT. WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.
AT THIS EXPECTED PLANS; AND
MR JUSTICE BOKHARY SAID THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SAY STAGE PRECISELY WHAT FORM THE INQUIRY WILL TAKE; BUT THAT HE ΤΟ STUDY DOCUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEO TAPES IF ANY, AND THAT HE WOULD VISIT THE SCENE AND HEAR FROM WITNESSES.
THE PRELIMINARY REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT IT WILL BE MADE PUBLIC.
WHO
POLICE COMMISSIONER SADDENED BY LAN KWAI FONG EVENT
* * * * *
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR LI KWAN-HA, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT HE WAS VERY SADDENED BY THE WHOLE ACCIDENT AND EXPRESSED HIS SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED OR INJURED BY THE TRAGIC EVENT IN LAN KWAI FONG.
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AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, MR LI POINTED OUT THAT THE POLICE HAD STARTED AN ENQUIRY COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF THE INCIDENT AND WERE COMPILING A REPORT FOR THE CORONOR.
"AMONG OTHER THINGS WE ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO AREAS WHETHER THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FOR THE FUTURE, MR LI SAID.
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MR LJ STRESSED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS SETTING INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY TO BE HEADED BY A HIGH COURT JUDGE AND THE WOULD GIVE EVERY ASSISTANCE.
UP
AN POLICE
MR LI NOTED THAT THE POLICE HAD A DIFFICULT TASK TO BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED.
PERFORM
"POLICE ACTED