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Thursday, August 24, 1972
NEW INDUSTRIAL REGULATIONS TO BE INTRODUCED
The Commissioner of Labour, Mr. Paul Tsui, announced today that
the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Electrolytic Chromium Process)
Regulations 1972, which were approved by the Legislative Council in
February, will come into force on September 1.
The regulations require proprietors of industrial undertakings
using electrolytic chromium processes to make provisions for the safety
of employees who are in turn required to comply with certain safety
requirements.
A proprietor, if he fails to comply with any of the requirements, is
liable on conviction, to a fine of $5,000 and an employee, $2,000,
A warning notice concerning the effects of chrome on the skin
has been prepared by the Labour Department and is being sent to proprietors
who are required under these regulations to prominently display the
warning notice adjacent to every chromium bath.
The department has also completed an explanatory booklet on the
electrolytic chromium process. The object of this booklet is to draw
to the attention of employers and workers the potential hazards associated
with this process and what measures can be adopted to minimise or eliminate
these hazards.
The booklet will soon be available for distribution to proprietors
free of charge.