President Jiang Zemin on May 27 expressed condolence
over the losses of lives in the crash of the China Airlines
Flight CI-611 off the island county of Penghu, and asked
relevant departments to make their all-out efforts to help
the rescue work and properly deal with the aftermath of the
accident.
Jiang said that he is highly
concerned with the tragedy. Compatriots across the Taiwan
straits are bound together by ties of brotherly love.
"I express my condolence over the compatriots from
Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Chinese Mainland, who were killed in
the tragedy and show my sincere sympathy to their
relatives".
With 206 passengers and 19
crew members on board, the passenger jet belonging to the
Taiwan-based China Airlines crashed into the sea off the
Penghu Islands en route from Taipei to Hong Kong Saturday
afternoon.
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