WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1988
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WEEKLY CHECKS FIND ESCALATORS SAFE
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TYPE INVOLVED IN A RECENT ALL REGISTERED ESCALATORS OF THE
WEEKLY BY ACCIDENT AT THE HUNG HOM RAILWAY STATION ARE BEING CHECKED TUR ESCALATOR CONTRACTOR AND FOUND TO BE IN SAFE WORKING CONDITION.
SAID THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES,
POON IN THE THIS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM PROFESSOR THE HON C.K. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WHICH RESULTED IN INJURIES ΤΟ THE STOP BUTTON OF
MR BARNES SAID THE ACCIDENT, SEVEN PEOPLE, WAS CAUSED BY SOMEONE WHO PRESSED THE ESCALATOR.
AND THE ESCALATOR ROLLED BACKWARDS
THE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE PASSENGERS,
BECAUSE,
ALTHOUGH THE
ABOUT REVERSING
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ESCALATOR
STEPS,
WAS
THE
"THE INJURIES OCCURRED DESCENDING SLOWLY AND STOPPED AFTER PERSONS ON THE LOWER STEPS WERE CARRIED BACK INTO ONCOMING PASSENGERS.
"THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHY AND HOW THE BRAKING IS CONTINUING AND MAY LAST SEVERAL WEEKS MORE.
SYSTEM FAILED
MODEL HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MODEL, AND HAVE
"IN THE MEANTIME, ALL ESCALATORS OF THE SAME
BY
CONTRACTOR CHECKED
THE REGISTERED ESCALATOR MAINTAINING THEM, WHO IS THE SOLE SUPPLIER OF FOUND THEM TO BE IN SAFE WORKING ORDER.
BRAKES OF ALL THE INVESTIGATION, MR
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THESK BARNES
"HE WILL CONTINUE WEEKLY INSPECTIONS ON INSTALLATIONS PENDING THE OUTCOME OF
ADDED.
SCREENING TESTS ENSURE SAFE BLOOD TRANSFUSION
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BLOOD
EVERY UNIT OF BLOOD RECEIVED BY THE HONG KONG RED CROSS
TO BLOOD SCREENING TESTS AND ALL TRANSFUSION SERVICE IS SUBJECT
BLOOD WHICH HAS BEEN LOCALLY PRODUCED BLOOD PRODUCTS ARE MADE FROM SCREENED, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A
QUESTION
BY DR THE
CHIU HON
MR
HIN-KWONG, ORDER ΤΟ ENSURE THAT CHAMBERS SAID THESE TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT IN BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS WERE SAFE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSFUSION.
"THE BLOOD
SCREENING
TESTS CURRENTLY IN USE PRESENCE OF HEPATITIS B, SYPHILIS AND ANTIBODIES TO THE HE SAID.
THE IDENTIFY AIDS VIRUS,
MR CHAMBERS
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