Transcript of Chief Executive's media session

Tuesday, January 6, 1998

Following is a transcript of the Chief Executive, Mr Tung Chee Hwa's media session after visiting some fire victims at Ruttonjee Hospital this (Tuesday) evening:

Reporter: Mr Tung, you have visited the patients in the hospital .... what would ....?

Mr Tung: I think there were a number of things you can see right away. First is that obviously the shock. Secondly, many of them are suffering from very dense smoke inhalation but they all look all right and they will eventually be all right.