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JP'S VISIT VIET CENTRES

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994

THE

INTO

THE

LI

AND

TWO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE CONDUCTING AN INQUIRY

ANDREW ON APRIL 7, MR WHITEHEAD INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED PROFESSOR DAVID TODD, VISITED THE WHITEHEAD DETENTION CENTRE, THE HIGH DETENTION CENTRE TODAY ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE AND THE CHI MA WAN (WEDNESDAY).

THEIR VISIT TO WHITEHEAD WAS TO FAMILIARISE THEMSELVES WITH THE ON CENTRE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND EVENTS THAT DAY.

AT HIGH ISLAND AND CHI MA WAN, THEY SAW A NUMBER OF MIGRANTS WHO HAD SUSTAINED INJURIES IN THE INCIDENT.

VIETNAMESE

THREE CENTRES

MR LI AND PROFESSOR TODD WILL BE VISITING THE SHORTLY TO INTERVIEW THOSE WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.

THEY SAID THEY WERE CONTENT WITH THE CO-OPERATION ACCORDED THEM SO FAR IN CONDUCTING THE ENQUIRY.

RESPONDING TO A NEWSPAPER QUERY TODAY AS TO WHETHER HE HAD ANY PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPERATION AT WHITEHEAD, MR LI SAID HE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPERATION UNTIL IT WAS REPORTED BY THE MEDIA.

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HAD HAD

CONDUCT COUNCIL ELECTION COMPLETED

W WONG, VISITED THE THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC S

IN

BAY CAUSEWAY

TODAY HONG KONG TRUE LIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL OF

VOTING SESSIONS FOR THE HOW THE FOR HIMSELF (WEDNESDAY) TO SEE

ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT TEACHER-NOMINATED CANDIDATES OF THE COUNCIL IN EDUCATION WERE HELD.

MR WONG WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT ALL 33 THE PRIMARY SESSION AND 59 SECONDARY TEACHERS THEIR VOTES.

PRIMARY TEACHERS FROM CAME FORWARD TO CAST

ALSO ARRANGED AND PERMITTED

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID: "OTHER SCHOOLS HAD THEIR OWN VOTING SESSIONS FOR ALL FULL-TIME REGISTERED TEACHERS, INCLUDING PRINCIPALS AND HEAD TEACHERS, TO CAST THEIR VOTES.

DEPARTMENT MORE

"TO ENSURE THAT THE SCHOOLS COMPLIED WITH EDUCATION GUIDANCE WHEN HOLDING THE ELECTION, THE DEPARTMENT HAD CONDUCTED THAN 300 VISITS TO SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

IRREGULARITIES OF FEW CASES "ONLY A INCLUDED FAILURE ON THE PART THEIR BALLOT

OF ONE

"

AND PAPERS, DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO VOTING DAY,

WERE DETECTED. THESE VOTERS TO SIGN UP WHEN COLLECTING

OF CASE HE SAID.

THE

BALLOT

ACCORDING TO A TEACHER SURVEY CONDUCTED IN OCTOBER

PAPERS

BEING

LAST YEAR,

THERE IS A TOTAL OF 44,469 ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

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