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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1988

THE GOVERNOR SAID HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE ACTIONS OF SOME OF THE INJURED PEOPLE WHO HELPED OTHERS. "THERE WAS ONE MAN J TALKED TO WHO HAD GONE BACK SEVERAL TIMES IN THE WATER TO SAVE OTHER PEOPLE. IT WAS A VERY COMMENDABLE THING TO DO," SIR DAVID ADDED.

THE GOVERNOR SAID A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE

ACCIDENT

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ALREADY STARTED.

THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN PEKING

HAD BEEN INFORMED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT SO THAT THEY WERE ABLE ΤΟ TELL THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES, SIR DAVID SAID.

"OTHERWISE THERE IS THE NORMAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN AVIATION AUTHORITIES ON THE TWO SIDES, HE NOTED.

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ASKED IF THERE WAS AN URGENT NEED TO REPLACE KAI TAK AIRPORT IN VIEW OF THE ACCIDENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID: "WHAT WE MUST DO IS FIRST OF ALL LOOK INTO THE CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT. QUITE SEPARATELY, WE MUST LOOK AT THE QUESTION OF KAI TAK AND THE FUTURE OF KAI TAK.

"I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE MAKING DECISIONS ON THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT ON THE BASIS OF AN ACCIDENT LIKE THIS. THE ACCIDENT MUST BE TREATED ON ITS OWN."

GOVERNOR VISITS SHAM SHUI PO AND SAN YICK CLOSED CENTRES

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) VISITED THE SHAM SHUI PO AND SAN YICK CLOSED CENTRES FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR MIKE HANSON, AND THE COMMISSIONER FOR CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, MR CHAN WA-SHEK.

THE GOVERNOR PRAISED CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF AND VOLUNTARY WORKERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN LOOKING AFTER THE REFUGEES.

"THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB IN MAKING THE BEST OF THE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS THERE, HE SAID AFTER A MORNING INSPECTION TOUR OF THE CENTRES.

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"THESE BUILDINGS WERE NOT INTENDED FOR HOUSING VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. INEVITABLY, THEY ARE NOT UP TO THE STANDARD OF THE CLOSED CENTRES WHERE THE REFUGEES WERE PREVIOUSLY HOUSED, HE SAID.

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"BUT WITH OVER 17,000 BOAT PEOPLE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAD TO IMPROVISE IN ORDER TO COPE WITH CONTINUING INFLUX.

/"THE ARRIVAL