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Mrs Chan: I think the fact that we had over 500 mm of rain over two days, particularly hard hit on Hong Kong Island, that in itself will tend to cause landslides.
Q: So there is no geological faults in the Aberdeen incident?
Mrs Chan: I have not been told that there are any, but clearly the Secretary for Works with his colleagues are looking very closely at the situation. You can be assured that if there needs to be further remedial works done, then we will carry these out without delay.
Q: Will there be a public inquiry?
Mrs Chan: I don't think at the moment there is any need for a general public inquiry but clearly we will be enquiring into the very bad landslip at Nam Long Shan Road.
End/Monday, August 14, 1995
138 nominations received for LegCo elections
A total of 138 nominations were received for the Legislative Council elections in September at the close of the two-week nomination period today (Monday).
Fifty were submitted for the geographical constituency elections, 70 for the functional constituency elections and 18 for the Election Committee constituency elections.
Of them, 123 are from male candidates and 15 from female candidates.
Nine constituencies are uncontested. They are Commercial (First), Commercial (Second), Industrial (First), Industrial (Second), Finance, Real Estate and Construction, Architectural, Surveying and Planning, Urban Council and Rural functional constituencies
Twelve nominations were received on the last day of nomination today.
End/Monday, August 14, 1995