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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1992

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INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY TO BE HELD INTO SHEK KONG DISTURBANCE

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(FRIDAY)

THAT WHICH LED CENTRE DETENTION

ON

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, CONFIRMED TODAY AN INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY WOULD BE HELD INTO THE DISTURBANCE TO THE DEATH OF 22

AT THE SHEK KONG FEBRUARY 4.

PEOPLE

CRIMINAL

INVESTIGATION ON THE BROADER

THE THE ENQUIRY WILL BE SEPARATE FROM ALREADY BEING CONDUCTED BY THE POLICE AND WILL FOCUS ASPECTS OF THE TRAGEDY.

BY THE SIR DAVID SAID: "WE ARE ALL APPALLED

TRAGIC LOSS OF BEEN TO CARE FOR THE LIFE AT SHEK KONG. OUR FIRST PRIORITIES HAVE

JUSTICE THOSE RESPONSIBLE. THE INJURED AND BRING TO

POLICE HAVE OUR MADE RAPID PROGRESS WITH THEIR INVESTIGATIONS. WE ARE NOW TURNING ATTENTION TO THE WIDER ISSUES.

SCALE OF

"I HAVE DECIDED, IN VIEW OF THE

THE TRAGEDY, THAT MUST BE CONDUCTED AN INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY WOULD BE RIGHT AND THAT IT QUICKLY. WE ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY LESSONS WHICH CAN LEARNED ARE LEARNED.

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BE

BE ANNOUNCED AS COMMENCE

REPORT IMMEDIATELY. A GOVERNOR. THE FINDINGS WILL BE MADE

FULL DETAILS OF THE INDEPENDENT ENQUIRY WILL SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WORK WILL THEN WILL BE MADE DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC.

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GDP FOR THIRD QUARTER OF 1991

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AMONG THE MAIN DOMESTIC COMPONENTS OF THE GDP ESTIMATES, DOMESTIC FIXED CAPITAL FORMATION GREW SIGNIFICANTLY BY 11.5% IN TERMS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990.

WITHIN THIS COMPONENT, INVESTMENT IN PLANT, MACHINERY EQUIPMENT, IN PARTICULAR, SHOWED A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE OF 23.9%.

OF

HONG KONG'S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) GREW BY 3.6% IN REAL TERMS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF LAST YEAR OVER THE SAME QUARTER 1990, ACCORDING TO THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY).

GROSS REAL

AND

FOR

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE GROWTH RATE IN REAL

CONSUMPTION PRIVATE

EXPENDITURE WAS 7.6%, WHILE GOVERNMENT CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE WAS 4.9%.

TERMS

THAT

FOR

/REGARDING EXTERNAL