TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1994
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19 000 APPLICANTS FOR HOS PROJECT
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ABOUT 19 000 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE OF 7 PM TODAY FOR THE 6 616 FLATS IN FOUR HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECTS BEING OFFERED FOR SALE UNDER PHASE VIA OF THE SCHEME.
+OF THEM, 12 750 ARE WHITE FORMS FROM PRIVATE SECTOR APPLICANTS AND 6 250 GREEN FORMS FROM HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HOUSING SOCIETY TENANTS, SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AUTHORITY TODAY.
+THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS IS NOT YET FINALISED AS MORE APPLICATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO COME IN BY POST IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
+A BALLOT WILL BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH TO DECIDE THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS, + HE ADDED,
INJURED FISHERMAN AIRLIFTED
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A CRITICALLY INJURED CREW MEMBER OF A HONG KONG LICENSED FISHING VESSEL 120 MILES SOUTH OF HONG KONG, WAS LIFTED BY ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE HELICOPTER EARLY THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING FOR TREATMENT IN HOSPITAL.
THE EMERGENCY AIRLIFT WAS IN RESPONSE TO A CALL RECEIVED BY THE PORT COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE AT 9.30 PM YESTERDAY THAT THE 20-YEAR-OLD FISHERMAN HAD SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES.
A MARINE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT HMS YARNTON, WITH A MEDICAL OFFICER ON BOARD, WAS IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED TO THE SCENE AND ARRIVED AT 4.25 AM TODAY. THE INJURED FISHERMAN WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO HMS YARNTON,
THE RHKAAF WAS SENT TO THE SCENE AT FIRST LIGHT THIS MORNING AND WINCHED THE INJURED SEAMAN ON BOARD AT 6.10 AM.
IT THEN PROCEEDED TO THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL, FROM WHERE THE FISHERMAN WAS TRANSFERRED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL AT 6.30 AM.
AT ABOUT NOON TODAY, THE FISHERMAN WAS STILL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION.
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