WAS REGULARLY EVACUATION
THESE WERE SET OUT IN A PROCEDURAL MANUAL WHICH REVIEWED AND UPDATED. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE SEPARATE PLANS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.
ALL THESE PLANS AND PROCEDURES HAD ALSO BEEN REVIEWED AND ENDORSED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE UNITED KINGDOM CHIEF INSPECTING OFFICER OF RAILWAYS, WHO WAS THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S APPOINTED AGENT ON RAILWAY SAFETY AND REPORTED DIRECTLY TO THE GOVERNMENT.
MR LEUNG SAID ALL MTR STAFF ON STATIONS AND TRAINS WERE TRAINED IN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. THEY ALSO RECEIVED REFRESHER TRAINING REGULARLY.
TWO MAJOR EMERGENCY DRILLS WERE INVOLVING BOTH THE FIRE SERVICES, POLICE AS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
CARRIED OUT ANNUALLY, WELL AS OTHER RELEVANT
OUT REGULAR CHECKS ON
HE ADDED THAT THE CORPORATION CARRIED VENTILATION AND POWER CONTROL SYSTEMS AND EMERGENCY LIGHTS.
IT ALSO CONDUCTED SMOKE TESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO CHECK THE ARRANGEMENTS AND PROCEDURES. IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE TO THESE SYSTEMS AS AND WHEN NECESSARY, HE SAID.
ROP 85
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NO GUARANTEE FOR PERMISSION OF STAY
PERSONS
ISSUED WITH INITIAL APPLICATION FORMS TO REGISTER FOR IDENTITY CARD (ROP 85) HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION TO TAKB EMPLOYMENT IN HONG KONG. THEY ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION IF FOUND WORKING IN HONG KONG.
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID THIS IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ELSIE TU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR ASPREY EXPLAINED THAT ROP 85 WAS ONLY A FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WHICH INDICATED THAT THE HOLDER'S IMMIGRATION STATUS WAS BEING INVESTIGATED.
HE SAID THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ISSUED 57 SUCH APPLICATION FORMS IN 1988, 162 IN 1989, AND 2,149 IN THE FIRST 10-AND-A-HALF MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
THE SECRETARY SAID SO FAR 19 OF THOSE ISSUED WITH THE FORM ROP 85 HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO STAY IN HONG KONG, AND 396 HAD BEEN REPATRIATED.
"THE REMAINDER, INCLUDING MANY WHO SURFACED ARB STILL BEING INVESTIGATED.
"I EXPECT THAT MORE WILL BE REPATRIATED IN ONCE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR CASES ARE COMPLETED,
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IN RECENT WEEKS,
THE NEAR FUTURE
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