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HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL

19 July 1989

香港立法局——————————一九八九年七月十九日

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SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, I am not, at present, in a position to give a difinite answer.

MR. ANDREW WONG: Sir, could the Secretary inform us of the amount of money expected to be paid to Mobil, CRC and Hong Kong Oil in compensation, and the amount he expects to raise from the reuse of the land so recovered?

SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS: Sir, in spite of there having been an article on the subject in this morning's paper, in which I noticed my name being mentioned, the matter is at present the subject of a confidential paper being put to the Finance Committee and Mr. WONG will have an adequate opportunity to ask his question in that forum.

Follow-up action on death from wrong gas

3. DR. LEONG asked: In the light of the verdict in a coroner's inquest that the death of a patient in a hospital on 14 January 1989 was due to wrong supply of gas to that hospital, and of the recommendations made by the jury of that inquest, will the Administration inform this Council what action it intends to take :

(a) specifically in relation to the supplier of the wrong gas; and

(b) generally to ensure that the recommendations by the jury are

implemented to prevent similar fatalities in future?

SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, legal action is being taken against the gas supplier under sections 10(a) and 14 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance. The hearing has been set for 24 August in the Magistrate's Court.

The recommendations by the inquest jury can be broadly categorized as follows:

(a) the establishment of an Academy of Medicine;

(b) the introduction of monitoring devices in hospitals;