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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1987

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MEMBERS TO SCRUTINISE AMBULANCE SERVICE

SIX MEMBERS WILL SPEAK AT AN ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON AMBULANCE SERVICE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR DAVID JEAFFRESON, WILL ANSWER THE POINTS RAISED.

MEMBERS WILL ALSO ASK SEVEN QUESTIONS AND CONSIDER THREE IN TOMORROW'S SITTINGS.

BILLS

THE BILLS, WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR FIRST AND SECOND HONG READINGS, ARE THE COMMODITIES TRADING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987, THE KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BILL 1987 PROTECTION OF WAGES ON INSOLVENCY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987.

AND

THE

INQUIRY INTO SHIP LOSS ORDERED

INQUIRY INTO *CUMBERLANDE' A SURVEYOR OF SHIPS, MR S.K. ANAND, HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO CONDUCT THE INQUIRY.

THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE HAS ORDERED A PRELIMINARY

THE LOSS OF THE HONG KONG REGISTERED SHIP

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WAS OWNED BY GLENARA LTD THE 21,384 GROSS TON BULK CARRIER

BOTH COMPANIES AND MANAGED BY ANGLO-EASTERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD, BEING HONG KONG BASED.

LOADED WITH THE SHIP WAS ON A VOYAGE FROM PANAMA TO AUSTRALIA

SOME 10,300 TONS OF LEAD SOME 25,700 TONS OF MANGANESE SINTER AND

THE CARGOES. BULK ORE

VESSEL WAS NOT A BULK CONCENTRATE, BOTH CHEMICAL TANKER AS INDICATED IN PREVIOUS PRESS REPORTS.

13 IN

THE VESSEL SANK AT 0840 HOURS (H.K. TIME) ON JUNE WATER IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC CLOSE TO HENDERSON ISLAND WHICH IS PART OF THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY OF PITCAIRN ISLAND. WERE RESCUED

DEEP

AND ARE

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ON

THE CREW OF 29 BOARD THE RESCUE SHIP WHICH 13 BOUND

THAT THE UNDERSTOOD

INDIAN CREW FOR NEW ZEALAND. IT

WILL REPATRIATED FROM NEW ZEALAND LATER THIS WEEK.

BE

INQUIRY

THE PRELIMINARY

WHEN COMPLETED, ORDER A MARINE COURT SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, SO THAT HE MAY CARRY OUT A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE CASUALTY IF HE THINKS FIT.

REPORT,

WILL

BE

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