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A meeting was held among senior officers of FSD, DH and HKO on January 30, the spokesman said.
"During the meeting, HKO re-confirmed that there was no wrong filling of gas into the appropriate cylinder. Four cylinders from the same batch of 10 were found to bear inappropriate labels and actions had been taken to recall all the cylinders in this batch," he said.
"HKO agreed to conduct a detailed investigation on the incident and will submit a report to the Director of Fire Services and the Director of Health in about two weeks' time. The company will check each and every cylinder of gas before delivery to hospitals."
On calls for tighter legislative control over the supply of medical gases, the spokesman said plans were in the pipeline to tighten control over medical gases and license them as pharmaceutical products.
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Investment agreement between HK and Germany signed
A bilateral agreement between Hong Kong and Germany on the promotion and protection of investment was signed in Bonn today (Wednesday).
It was signed by the Secretary for Trade and Industry, Miss Denise Yue, and the German State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Dr Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz.
Acknowledging that Germany is a very important trade and investment partner of Hong Kong, Miss Yue said: "In trade, it is Hong Kong's largest European Union trading partner, exceeding HK$80 billion in 1994.
"In investment, it is the third largest investor from the European Union and the ninth largest global investor in Hong Kong's manufacturing industries, accounting for over HK$700 million.