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Following is the transcript of a media session given by the Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Joseph W P Wong, today (May 13) on the death of a Tuen Mun Hospital doctor in the fight against SARS:
Secretary: I believe we're all saddened here by the death of the doctor in Tuen Mun Hospital. She has given up her life in taking care of the SARS patients. I'm sure we will all show our greatest respect to her. Based on the precedent which we've set for Mr Lau (Lau Wing Kai, a former nurse of Tuen Mun Hospital) and because what she has done is a very courageous act in the fight against SARS, so if her family wishes, we will arrange for her body to be buried in the Gallant Garden.
(Please also refer to the Chinese transcript)
End/Tuesday, May 13, 2003
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