XN000022-1984-10-12 — Page 2

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1984

GLAD OVER SURVIVORS' RETURN

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SIR PHILIP

THE ACTING GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID THIS EVENING HE WAS SURE THAT EVERYONE IN HONG KONG WOULD BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT THE SURVIVORS OF THE BOMBING OF THE HONG KONG OWNED VESSEL, THE WORLD KNIGHT, HAD NOW RETURNED SAFELY HOME. AS WELL AS EXPRESSING HIS SYMPATHY FOR THE RELATIVES OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THOSE WHO HAD SUSTAINED INJURIES WOULD SOON RECOVER FROM THEM. HE ADDED THAT UNPROVOKED ATTACKS ON MERCHANT HIPS IN THE SEA-LANES OF THE WORLD WERE TO BE UTTERLY DEPLORED.

AT THE SAME TIME HE SAID HOW SHOCKED HE HAD BEEN TO LEARN OF THE EXPLOSION AT THE GRAND HOTEL IN BRIGHTON WHERE THE

HE SAID THAT, CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE WAS BEING HELD. ALTHOUGH FEW DETAILS WERE AS YET AVAILABLE, HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES WAS RELATIVELY SMALL HAVING REGARD TO THE APPARENT SIZE OF THE EXPLOSION.

SPECIAL MEDICAL TEAM TREATING SEAMEN

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A SPECIAL TEAM OF MEDICAL STAFF HAS BEEN DEPLOYED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO TREAT THE FIVE INJURED SEAMEN WHO WERE FLOWN BACK TO HONG KONG FROM THE PERSIAN GULF TODAY.

THE SPECIAL TEAM, HEADED BY A CONSULTANT AND 12 DOCTORS, IS BACKED UP BY OTHER NURSING AND PARA MEDICAL STAFF OF THE SURGICAL UNIT OF THE PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.

THE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE IR ARRIVAL AT KAI TAK AIRPORT, INJURED SEAMEN WERE TRANSFERRED BY AMBULANCES TO THE HOSPITAL.

THEY WERE ADMITTED TO THE PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE UNIT, WHICH IS AIR-CONDITIONED AND EQUIPPED TO TREAT PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM BURNS.

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE ALSO BEING MADE BY THE HOSPITAL FOR THE FAMILY OF THE INJURED SEAMEN TO VISIT THEM AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN EXAMINED BY THE DOCTORS.

HOWEVER, TO AVOID INFECTION AND DISTURBANCE TO THE PATIENTS, ONLY TWO MEMBERS FROM EACH FAMILY WILL BE ALLOWED INTO THE WARD TO LOOK AT THE PATIENTS THROUGH A GLASS PARTITION, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

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