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Supplementary to Question No. 7 in the

Legislative Council on 23 January 1985

Ir. So asked in Cantonese:

閣下福利衛生司可否就本年一 在啟德貨運站所發生的事件向本局作 一簡單的報導?

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(The following is the interpretation of what Mr. So asked.)

Could the Secretary for Health and Welfare give a brief report on

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the incident which happened at the Kai Tak Airport on

5 January this year?

His Honour the Fresident:

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I think the question is somewhat

Secretary wishes he

removed from the original question; if the

may answer.

The incident which happened

Secretary for Health and Welfare : Sir, I have anticipated that

this might be the point of discussion.

at Kai Tak Airport on the 5 January was in fact a false alarm and

there was no leakage of radioactive material. The procedures for

dealing with the incident of this kind operated quite satisfactorily.

An officer from the Medical and Health Depa: tment's Radiation Heal th

Unit was called to the scene and the area was declared safe. I

gather that there were short delays in the shipping of some goods

from the Airport; but the whole incident was over in less than two hours.