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The Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Dangerous
Substances) Regulations 1988 represent a significant step by the Government to legislate for the protection of workers from dangers arising from the misuse of chemical substances.
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should be commended.
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The Regulations provide for the labelling and safe use and handling of dangerous substances in factories and industrial undertakings. A Legco Ad hoc Group was formed to look into these Regulations. The Ad hoc Group identified a number of queries in
the Regulations which were subsequently clarified with the Administration. In addition, a number of labour organisations and the Hong Kong Laboratory Technicians' Association have also made representations to the Ad xoc Group to present their views on the Regulations. I am grateful to these groups not only for the many valid and constructive comments they offered but also for their display of social responsibility in promoting
industrial safety.
In the scrutiny of the Regulations, the Ad hoc group is
at all time conscious of the need to have them enacted as soon as possible to give early protection to the workers in their day-to-day handling of dangerous chemicals. This point has also been recognised and accepted by the concerned parties which made representations to us. Agreement was reached with the Administration on a number of amendments to the Regulations. These included the deletion of a provision which exempted bona fide laboratories from the Regulations. Members in the Ad hoc Group as well as the representatives we met were of the view that
it would be inappropriate to exempt such laboratories and may
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