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Helicopter incident to be investigated

The Director of Civil Aviation, who is also the Chief Inspector of Accidents, has announced that an investigation has been launched to look into the cause of the helicopter accident which occurred on June 9 near Yuen Long and is calling for representations from interested persons who should contact the Civil Aviation Department.

Shortly before noon on June 9, an Aerospatiale SA315B Lama helicopter with registration VR-HJH operated by Heliservices (Hong Kong) Limited, was reported to have been involved in an accident near Yuen Long.

The department will put a notice in the local newspapers tomorrow (Thursday) to call for representations on the cause of the mishap.

Any persons interested in making representation as to the circumstances or cause of the incident should write to the Chief Inspector of Accidents c/o The Civil Aviation Department, 46th Floor, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway within 14 days of the notice.

Alternatively, they may telephone the department's Investigation Team on 2769 8896 within the stipulated period.

End/Wednesday, June 14, 1995

VMs depart on orderly repatriation flight

A group of 100 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) returned to Vietnam today (Wednesday) on the 23rd flight under the Orderly Repatriation Programme (ORP).

The returnees, comprising 40 men, 25 women, 14 boys and 21 girls, were mainly from High Island Detention Centre. The oldest is 61 years old and the youngest, six months.

Most of them arrived in Hong Kong in 1989, with a small number in 1988, 1993 and 1994.

The group brought to 1,371 the total number repatriated on ORP flights since November 1991.