MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1993
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AG ORDERS REOPENING OF CLP INQUEST
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THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR JEREMY MATHEWS, HAS DECIDED TO EXERCISE HIS DISCRETION UNDER SECTION 20 OF THE CORONERS ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE THE CORONER TO REOPEN THE INQUIRY INTO LAST YEAR'S EXPLOSION AT CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION.
IN A LETTER TO THE CORONER MR WARNER BANKS, WHO PRESIDED OVER THE ORIGINAL INQUEST AND WHO SUGGESTED THAT IT BE REOPENED, MR MATHEWS SAID HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IMPORTANT RELEVANT EVIDENCE "MAY NOT HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU AT THE ORIGINAL INQUEST" AND IT APPEARED THAT FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NECESSARY.
IN PURSUANCE OF SECTION 20 OF THE CORONERS ORDINANCE, MR MATHEWS REQUIRED MR BANKS TO REOPEN THE INQUIRY AND PROCEED TO MAKE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN THE SAME MANNER AS IF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE ORIGINAL INQUEST HAD NOT BEEN CONCLUDED.
MR MATHEWS NOTED THAT HE HAD CAREFULLY CONSIDERED THE LETTER FROM MR BANKS TOGETHER WITH THE REPRESENTATIONS HE RECEIVED FROM MRS YIP AU LAI-CHUN, THE WIDOW OF ONE OF THE TWO ENGINEERS KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION, AND THOSE FROM CHINA LIGHT AND POWER LIMITED/CASTLE PEAK POWER COMPANY LIMITED THROUGH THEIR SOLICITORS, BEFORE REACHING HIS DECISION.
LAM WING-YIN ELECTED TO REGIONAL COUNCIL
MR LAM WING-YIN YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) BEAT SIX OTHER CANDIDATES AND WON IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL BY-ELECTION IN SAI KUNG CONSTITUENCY.
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LAM FETCHED A TOTAL OF 4,670 VOTES. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY HON-TIN, WHO GOT 4,016 VOTES.
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THE VOTES RECEIVED BY OTHER CANDIDATES ARE AS FOLLOWS: MR CHEUNG-KWOK (2,657), MR FRANCIS CHAU YIN-MING (2,312 VOTES), MR SHUI-SANG (2,017 VOTES), MR WAT HING-CHEUNG (552 VOTES) AND MR WAH-KEUNG (475 VOTES).
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YESTERDAY'S BY-ELECTION WAS HELD TO FILL THE VACANCY LEFT BY MR GILBERT LEUNG KAM-HO.
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