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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1993
MR WOODHOUSE SAID HOARDINGS WOULD BE SET UP TO CONTROL THE SIZE OF THE CROWD.
SUFFICIENT ENTRANCE AND EXIT POINTS WILL BE PROVIDED TO ENSURE THAT THE CROWD ENTERS AND DISPERSES ORDERLY AND GRADUALLY, HE ADDED.
A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES:
DEPARTMENTS AND ORGANISATIONS
THE POLICE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL SAFETY AND CROWD CONTROL. POLICE TACTICAL UNITS, UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS, TRAFFIC POLICE AND CID OFFICERS WILL BE MOBILISED AND STATIONED AT THE PARK FOR CROWD CONTROL, DIRECTING TRAFFIC AND FOR DEALING WITH EMERGENCIES;
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL CO-ORDINATE WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS REGARDING THE OVERALL TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS;
THE AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES WILL PROVIDE FIRST-AID SERVICES AND ITS HEADQUARTERS IN HO MAN TIN WILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TASK FORCE, WITH TWO AMBULANCES TEAM OF DOCTORS AND NURSES ON STANDBY;
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THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HAS A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR SITUATIONS AND ADEQUATE MEDICAL STAFF CAN BE MADE ONCE THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IS ACTIVATED;
EMERGENCY AVAILABLE
THE CIVIL AID SERVICES WILL DEPLOY 140 MEMBERS AT THE PARK AND WILL LIAISE CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE TO ENSURE CROWD SAFETY, AND
THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY MAY DESIGNATE SPECIAL ENTRANCES AND EXITS AT THE CAUSEWAY BAY AND TIN HAU STATIONS.
MR WOODHOUSE SAID THE ACTIVITIES AT VICTORIA PARK WERE EXPECTED
TO DIVERT PEOPLE FROM LAN KWAI FONG.
"THERE WILL ALSO BE A COUNTDOWN VARIETY SHOW THAT EVENING IN SHATIN CENTRAL PARK, WHICH WILL ALSO DIVERT PEOPLE FROM LAN KWAI FONG," HE SAID.
AS FOR LAN KWAI FONG, HE SAID THE POLICE WOULD ALSO DEPLOY ADEQUATE STAFF TO ENSURE PUBLIC SAFETY, ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ORGANISED EVENTS THERE.
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