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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1994
DETENTION ALL THE
THE PRESS,
ON
PRESS REPORTS OF LAST WEEK'S EVENTS IN WHITEHEAD CENTRE, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT FACTS ARE KNOWN, NOT ONLY TO THE GOVERNMENT, NOT ONLY TO
TO BUT
ANY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, SO WE CAN DECIDE WHETHER ACTION
HANDLE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AND SO WE CAN CONSIDER HOW WE LIKE THIS IN THE BEST WAY IN THE FUTURE.
FURTHER CASES
"So ALL THAT INFORMATION, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT COLLECTED WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE.
HAS BEEN
ANY
"THERE COVER-UP
CAN BE NO QUESTION WHATSOEVER NOW OR IN THE OF THE SORT OF EVENTS WHICH HAPPENED
FUTURE OF THEIR AND
CONSEQUENCES."
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GOVERNOR VISITS SHA TIN
THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, DISTRICT THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
VISITED
SHA TIN
A SPECIAL
HE TOURED THE SHA TIN PUBLIC SCHOOL CATERING FOR MILDLY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.
-
INSTITUTION
THE OLDEST VILLAGE IN SHA MR PATTEN THEN WENT TO TAI WAI BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INHABITED SINCE 1574.
TIN
PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT A
ON THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF YIU
BOARD MEMBERS BEFORE HE MET DISTRICT RECEPTION.
REGIONAL
TIN
FOR SECRETARY
DISTRICT OFFICER,
MR CHAIRMAN,
THE
CHOY
MR PATTEN WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES, MISS CHRISTINE CHOW; THE SHA MR DAVID BROWNING; AND THE SHA TIN DISTRICT BOARD KAN-PUI.
STATEMENT ON WHITEHEAD OPERATION
FOLLOWING IS A PRESS STATEMENT MADE BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR KEN WOODHOUSE, ON THE OPERATION IN SECTION 7 OF WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE ON APRIL 7:
AND
ISLAND.
ON THURSDAY, APRIL 7, THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE WERE ASKED TO REMOVE APPROXIMATELY 1,500 PEOPLE FROM SECTION 7 OF WHITEHEAD, TO THE CAMP AT HIGH THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX OPERATION.
IN
CONCERNS CARRYING OUT THIS OPERATION, ONE OF OUR MAIN THE SAFETY OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN SECTION 7 AND THE STAFF INVOLVED.
WAS
/WE HAVE