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The Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance, Chapter 133, aaministered by the Agriculture and Fisheries Department, provides for controls over the import, supply, storage, transport and retail sale of agricultural pesticides. Although the law does not extend control to the end-user level, it lays down labelling and bottling requirements to ensure the
and safe handling of proper
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copies of the Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance are attached herewith.
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Marine trunsport is also excluded from the application of this The working environment in marine transport is generally different from that of other industries and the problems are different. The standards of occupational safety and health in respect of marine transport are
As far as normally provided under shipping legislation. marine transport is concerned, there is no specific legislation that deals with air pollution in the working environment.
In making the modification to exclude the above activities from the application of this convention, representatives of employers and workers have been consulted in the Labour Advisory Board, which is tripartite in composition. As
the factors excluding these branches of economic activity remain valid, there is no plan to remove the
modification.
Article 2
As the United Kingdom has accepted initially the obligations regarding air pollution only, Hong Kong is not required to accept the obligations of the convention in respect of noise and vibration.
However, the Factory Inspectorate of the Labour Department gives advice to management and workers on the reduction of noise levels and personal protection in noisy trades. For the protection of hearing of those workers engaged in noisy working processes, the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations provide for the use of hearing protectors in industrial undertakings where the sound level is equivalent to continuous exposure for eight hours to a sound level of 90dB(A) or
more.
As regards vibration, which is a relatively new subject in the field of Occupational health, Hong Kong has not prescribed any preventive or controlling methods at this stage.
Nevertheless, its adverse effects health are closely monitored by the Occupational Health Division of the Labour Department.
on
workers'
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