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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1994
INVESTIGATION OF PLANE ACCIDENT IN PROGRESS
THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR PETER LOK, WHO IS ALSO THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF ACCIDENTS HAS APPOINTED CHIEF SAFETY OFFICER MR KWAN HOK-CHUNG AS INSPECTOR OF ACCIDENTS TO LOOK INTO THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LAST NIGHT.
THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF ACCIDENTS ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT AN INSPECTORS' INVESTIGATION WAS TAKING PLACE INTO THE CAUSE OF THE MISHAP.
HE INVITES ANY PERSON INTERESTED TO MAKE REPRESENTATION AS то THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT TO WRITE TO THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF ACCIDENTS OF CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT AT QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 46TH FLOOR OR TELEPHONE 867 4310 WITHIN 14 DAYS.
A SALVAGE COMMITTEE PREPARATORY MEETING WAS HELD THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING.
OFFICERS FROM CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT, ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE, MARINE DEPARTMENT, ROYAL NAVY, FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM HONG KONG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING COMPANY, FAR EAST AIR SERVICE AND HONG KONG TOWAGE AND SALVAGE COMPANY ATTENDED THE MEETING.
THE MEETING DECIDED TO APPOINT HONG KONG TOWAGE AND SALVAGE COMPANY TO CONDUCT AN UNDERWATER SURVEY TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND TO IDENTIFY THE MAIN COMPONENTS.
MEANWHILE, THE FLIGHT DATA RECORDER HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED.
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RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS
THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REHABILITATION POLICIES AND SERVICES IS TO MAXIMISE POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED PERSONS, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
MR STRACHAN SAID THIS AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HOME FOR THE AGED BLIND.
"INTEGRATION IS THE MAIN THEME. THIS IS EVIDENT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS.
IN THE PAST, PEOPLE WERE SEGREGATED FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THEIR DISABILITIES.
SIMPLY
"AS SUCH, VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS WERE ACCOMMODATED IN FACILITIES AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE AT LARGE, WITHOUT DUE CONSIDERATION OF THEIR CAPACITY FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING, HE SAID.
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