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Governor: You know perfectly well that the Governor of Hong Kong would be delighted to meet the Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office. The fact that we haven't met isn't my responsibility; it's for Director Lu to explain why we are not meeting as we are supposed to meet under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Airport. I will meet Director Lu whenever he wants. But it appears that he doesn't want to. Well, I think it's sad for Hong Kong, but he'll have to justify that, he'll have to explain that. We could have a meeting without either of us having to jump in the sea.
Question: Will you let Anson to take... in charge ...?
Governor: Mrs Chan is Chief Secretary. She's the head of the civil service in Hong Kong and I would be delighted for her to meet Director Lu. It would be very good for Hong Kong. Director Lu, I am sure, knows that the Hong Kong Government speaks with one voice. We are all committed to the implementation of the Joint Declaration and I very much hope that that is an objective which Director Lu shares as well.
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Recommendations made on hill fire fighting operation
The inter-departmental investigation team looking into the Pat Sin Leng fire has put forward a number of recommendations to improve the Government's hill fire fighting and rescue capability to prevent the recurrence of a similar tragedy.
Releasing the recommendations today (Monday), a government spokesman said the investigation report had been submitted to the Secretary for Security through the Director of Fire Services.
"In view of the pending death inquest, we cannot disclose the full details of the report," he said,
The investigation team was commissioned to look into the cause of the fire which occurred on February 10, the circumstances leading to the large number of casualties; and to recommend measures to prevent the recurrence of this tragedy.