Industrial safety
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19.
of
Both Dr. Chiu and
Mr. Pang spoke on
I have
this
of
industrial
safety. I fully share their views on the vital importance
said before in this subject which, as
I agree Council, is literally a matter of life and death.
with them, too, on
the importance of enforcement,
publicity and of tripartite co-operation between employers, employees and the Government. These are all key points in our policy in this area. This subject was fully discussed
in the adjournment debate оп this subject on 19 November 1986. I gave my views in detail in my speech winding up
that debate.
it is
do I
not
think
necessary
repeat everything I said then, but I would like
for me to
to try
try to
clear up one or two apparent misunderstandings and remind
Members of the progress we are making in this area.
26.
Dr. Chiu spoke of the low level of penalties for
- industrial safety offences in terms which seemed to imply
that this was within the Government's control. However, the
problem, as I see it, is not with the legal maximum fines, but with the level of fines actually imposed which average
As Members know, this
this is a
what In spite of
the media may
sometimes say or imply our courts are genuinely independent
per cent about 58 of the legal maximum.
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matter
for the
courts.
and there is no way that the Administration can control
the
level of fines imposed.