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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1988

A SMALL FIRE NEAR THE CENTRE ENGINE WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT BY THE AIRPORT FIRE CONTINGENT.

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SUBSEQUENT PATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE BODIES OF THE

SUBMERGED NOSE SECTION INDICATED THAT

CREW MEMBERS TRAPPED IN THE THEY HAD DIED OF DROWNING.

INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AND THE UNDERSHOOT AREA OF RUNWAY 31 INDICATED THAT THE INNERMOST APPROACH LIGHT HAD BEEN STRUCK BY THE RIGHT WING TRAILING EDGE FLAP. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD THEN TOUCHED THE LIP OF THE SEA WALL AND BEEN TORN FROM THE AIRCRAFT.

THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF ACCIDENTS POINTED OUT THAT THE BULLETIN CONTAINED MERELY FACTS RELATING TO THE ACCIDENT AS DETERMINED UP TO THE PRESENT STAGE.

HE EMPHASISED

THAT THE INFORMATION SHOULD TENTATIVE AND MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO ALTERATION OR ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE BECAME AVAILABLE.

BE TREATED A9 CORRECTION IF

IN THE MEANTIME, HE SAID, INVESTIGATION WORK WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS ESTABLISHED.

SAN YICK POPULATION DENSITY TO BE REDUCED

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS ΤΟ GRADUALLY REDUCE THE POPULATION DENSITY OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AT THE SAN YICK CLOSED CAMP BY TRANSFERRING SOME OF THEM TO AREA 46A IN THE SAME DISTRICT AS NEW ACCOMMODATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MRS CARRIE YAU, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY),

AT A MEETING WITH THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, MRS YAU SAID THE MOVE MEANT TRANSFERRING SOME REFUGEES AWAY FROM THE TOWN CENTRE TO A MORE ISOLATED AREA AND DID NOT INVOLVE MOVING ADDITIONAL REFUGEES INTO THE DISTRICT.

IT WOULD GREATLY RELIEVE OVERCROWDED CONDITIONS AT SAN YICK AND AVOID POTENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS, SHE SAID.

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"DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY HOLDING CENTRE AT AREA 46A, AND THE RATE OF ARRIVAL OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE, THE PLAN IS TO MOVE SOME 1,300 AND 1,500 REFUGEES FROM SAN YICK INTO THE AREA SOME TIME NEXT MONTH, SHE SAID.

"THE INTENTION IS TO MOVE OUT MOST OF THE REFUGEES AT SAN YICK BY THE END OF THE YEAR.'

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/MRS TAU