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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1994

TRANSCRIPT OF THE ACTING GOVERNOR'S MEDIA SESSION

THE

MEDIA SESSION BY

ΤΟ THE AGRICULTURE SHA WAN WHOLESALE MARKET THIS

THE FOLLOWING IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE ACTING GOVERNOR, MRS ANSON CHAN, AFTER HER VISIT AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND CHEUNG (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON:

THE

MORGENSTERN,

OF ALBERTA,

ALL HERE.

ABOUT CONTINUING PUBLISH A

MRS CHAN: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. VERY HAPPY TO SEE YOU BEFORE YOU START ASKING ME QUESTIONS, I WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE KWUN LUNG LAU INCIDENT. WE ARE TC AND WE HOPE TO BE IN A POSITION OUR INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT INTO THE CAUSES OF THE COLLAPSE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW

IT DAYS.

IS OUR FOR WORKS HAS RECENTLY STATED THAT SECRETARY

WILL REVIEW ALL INTENTION TO

AN INTERNATIONAL EXPERT WHO APPOINT ASPECTS OF OUR INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT. I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE

OF DR.

NORBERT ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE SECURED THE SERVICES

UNIVERSITY WHO IS PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT THE

EXPERT ON INTERNATIONAL CANADA. DR MORGENSTERN IS AN

HE'S ALSO MATTERS.

VERY GEOTECHNICAL

FAMILIAR WITH HONG KONG CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PANEL THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN 1976 FOLLOWING THE SAU MUN PING LANDSLIDE. AND SO WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL HAVE THE WORLD'S BEST EXPERT TO ADVISE WE INVESTIGATION, US ON THE INVESTIGATION AND IN THE LIGHT OF THAT

JUST WANT TO WILL DECIDE WHAT FURTHER ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE. I'D

THE BOTTOM

THIS OF EMPHASIS

IS OUR INTENTION TO GET TO THAT IT

TO BE PARTICULAR INCIDENT TO DETERMINE WHAT ARE THE CAUSES IN ORDER

EXPERT'S ABLE TO ASSESS WHAT FURTHER ACTION WE NEED TO TAKE. WHEN THE

FULL HIS REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WE WILL, OF COURSE, PUBLISH IN REPORT.

QUESTION: DID THE EXPERT CO-OPERATE WITH THE CONSULTANCY FIRM OF HOUSING SOCIETY IN THE PAST?

CONFLICT

THE

OF

MRS CHAN: OF COURSE, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'VE NOW SECURED THE SERVICES OF DR MORGENSTERN, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO INTERESTS AND WE'RE SATISFIED ON THAT ACCOUNT.

QUESTION:

HOW CAN YOU GUARANTEE THAT HONG KONG. THING FROM HAPPENING AGAIN?

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PREVENT THE

SAME

/MRS CHAN

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