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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1993
GOVT INVESTIGATION INTO MTR INCIDENT
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THE GOVERNMENT IS INVITING THE DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTING OFFICER RAILWAYS FROM UK TO COME TO HK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO YESTERDAY'S TRAIN INCIDENT. THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE MTRC'S OWN INVESTIGATION.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR LEUNG SAID: "PUBLIC CONCERN OVER YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT 13 WELL UNDERSTOOD, BOTH THE MTRC AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL SPARE NO EFFORT IN FINDING OUT THE CAUSES OF THE INCIDENT.
"OUR AIMS ARE TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE AND TO ASCERTAIN WHAT FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE TO TRAIN SAFETY.
HE EXPECTED THE PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF THE SEPARATE INVESTIGATIONS TO REACH HIM WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF COMMENCEMENT.
MR LEUNG SAID BOTH THE MTRC'S AND THE GOVERNMENT'S INVESTIGATIONS WOULD COVER THE FULL RANGE OF POSSIBLE CAUSES OF THE. INCIDENT AND RECOMMENDED REMEDIAL ACTIONS.
MR LEUNG PROMISED THAT THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS BE MADE PUBLIC.
WOULD
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HE REASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND RAIL CORPORATIONS ATTACH UTMOST IMPORTANCE то SAFETY OF TRAIN
OPERATIONS.
APART FROM A VIGOROUS SAFETY-CHECK PROGRAMME UNDERTAKEN BY THE CORPORATIONS, THE SAFETY OF THEIR OPERATIONS IS CLOSELY MONITORED BY AN INDEPENDENT RAILWAY INSPECTORATE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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GOVERNOR VISITS YUEN LONG
THE GOVERNOR. THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER
LONG THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
PATTEN, VISITED YUEN
HIS FIRST STOP WAS NAM PIN WAI WHERE HE TOURED THE 400-YEAR-OLD INDIGENOUS VILLAGE.
MR PATTEN THEN WENT TO THE YUEN LONG NULLAH DAM WHERE HE WAS BRIEFED ON IMPROVEMENT WORKS WHICH WAS COMPLETED LAST YEAR AT A COST OF $135 MILLION.
/AFTER VISITING