ON page 8 of our Wednesday, March 5 edition, we reported as follows in the final paragraph of a story on the mystery fire at South Ruimveldt Shopping Plaza: “The Plaza is owned by the management of Continental Agencies, and the fire was reported to them; but late on Monday, they had not yet visited the complex to make enquiries.”

That statement was given to our reporter by someone who was speaking according to their understanding. However, this newspaper has since confirmed that that statement was without merit, and that management of Continental Agencies had indeed visited the building. In fact, this newspaper has been reliably informed that the Managing Director and sole owner of Continental Agencies, Mr. Rakesh Puri, had personally visited the scene of the fire on learning of the disaster.

Accordingly, the erroneous report is regretted, and the Chronicle sincerely apologizes to the management of Continental Agencies for any embarrassment or inconvenience that the report may have caused.