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Statement by Secretary for Works on Kwai Chung accident
The Secretary for Works, Mr H S Kwong, expressed his deep concern about the tragic accident at an airport railway construction site that caused the death of six people today (Thursday).
Mr Kwong said: "I have discussed the matter with the Director of New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office and we would follow it up with the MTRC and Labour Department which are carrying out separate investigations into the accident.
"The Works Branch will work jointly with the Education and Manpower Branch to find out what lessons we could learn from this tragedy in order to improve worksite safety."
Mr Kwong extended his condolences to the families of the six people killed in the accident.
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Statement by Director of NAPCO on Kwai Chung accident
The Director of New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office, Mr Billy Lam, tonight (Thursday) offered condolences to the families of the workers who died on contract 510 Rambler Channel Bridge.
After visiting the scene, Mr Lam said this was a very serious accident in the Airport Core Programme and he was very saddened by it.
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