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Supplementary to Question No.5 in Lego Meeting on 8 688

Mr. CHEONG-LEEN:

Sir, on entering the Legislative Council

Building before the start of this meeting, I received this

letter from several people who said they were representatives

of the Qualimax workers. I believe some other Legislative

Council Members have received a similar letter.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESENT: You were going to ask a question,

Mr Cheong-Leen.

Mr. CHEONG-LEEN:

I

shall

passing this on to the Secretary after the meeting.

an

A

be

My

question is this: Can I receive assurance that the contents

of this letter will be thoroughly looked into as soon as

possible and that a just and expeditious solution will be

found? Could I also asked him

whether he has

any indication how long it will take for the Offical

•

Receiver's Office to finalise their investigations ?

The

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER: Sir, I will be very

happy to give the assurance Mr. Cheong-Leen asks for.

Official Receiver's Office is following up the investigation

most energetically and will welcome any evidence available

to them. But the case is extremely complicated and it is

not possible at this stage to say how long the investigation

will take.