MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1993
LAN KWAI FONG INTERIM REPORT RELEASES TOMORROW
THE INTERIM REPORT ON THE LAN KWAT FONG INCIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT'S IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WILL BE PUBLISHED TOMORROW (TUESDAY) SO THAT SOME MEASURES CAN BE TAKEN BEFORE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER RECEIVING THE INTERIM REPORT FROM MR JUSTICE BOKHARY, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "OUR INTENTION, AS YOU KNOW, WAS THAT THERE SHOULD BE INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS IN ADVANCE OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS.
HE THANKED MR JUSTICE BOKHARY FOR COMPLETING THE REPORT
SWIFTLY.
"ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SENSITIVITY WHICH HE HAS SHOWN IN DEALING WITH EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HE SAID.
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THE INTERIM REPORT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH.
MEANWHILE, MR JUSTICE BOKHARY THANKED ALL. THE MEMBERS PUBLIC WHO HAD RESPONDED TO ENABLE HIS TEAM TO PRODUCE THE REPORT.
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"MY JOBS REMAIN TO WORK ON THE FINAL REPORT AND I LOOK ΤΟ THE CO-OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC AND OF THE MEDIA IN RELATION ΤΟ THAT," HE SAID.
YOUTH SUICIDE HOTLINE RECOMMENDED
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON YOUTH HAVE EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE RECENT SPATE OF YOUTH SUICIDES AT ITS MEETING TODAY (MONDAY).
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SPEAKING AFTER THE MEETING, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION, ERIC LI, SAID MUCH WORK AND STUDY HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT BY OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS ON THIS TRAGIC PROBLEM SINCE THE COMMISSION FIRST DISCUSSED THIS IN LATE 1991.
NEVERTHELESS, COMMISSION MEMBERS WERE STILL LOOKING INTO MORE WAYS TO PREVENT YOUTH SUICIDES A PROBLEM THAT APPARENTLY BEGAN TO SWELL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
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MEMBERS EMPHASISED THAT A SPECIAL HOTLINE SHOULD BE DEDICATED TO YOUNGSTERS IN DISTRESS. THIS COULD ALSO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
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IN THIS CONNECTION, HE SAID THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT LOOK INTO THIS IN THE HOPE THAT SUCH HOTLINE MANNED RY PROFESSIONALS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE IN NEED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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