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Question No 8

Reply by the Hon. R.G.B. Bridge, OBE, JP, Secretary for Education and Manpower

to a Question from Hon CHAN Kam-chuen in the Legislative Council on 14 January 1987

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Question: In connection with the recent accident at

company's work site in Tai Po where a technical

officer was found dead in a tank containing

corrosive liquids, will

Council:

Government inform this

(a) what action is

being taken to

identify the cause of the

accident;

and

(b) whether action will be taken to

prevent

similar

occurring again?

accidents

from

Sir,

Two members of the Labour Department's Factory

arrived on the scene within an hour of

Inspectorate

receiving a report of the incident and began a thorough

investigation.

This investigation is still in progress

and at present the circumstances surrounding the incident