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Tuesday, October 17, 1972
ACCIDENT PREVENTION ON SHIPS
The Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Mr. I.R. Price, has spoken
about the importance of accident prevention on board ships.
Addressing the passing-out ceremony of the World-Wide Sea Training
School at the City Hall today, he said: "Accidents do not occur. They
are caused either by failure of machinery or by temporary carelessness,
or a deviation from established practices and procedures,"
During the past two years, he said, there were 448 accidents
involving Hong Kong seamen and the payment of workmen's compensation amounting
to over $4 million.
Mr. Price said that few people knew that the Labour Department
participated actively in a number of committees dealing with the recruiting,
training and conditions of employment of Hong Kong seamen.
He noted that the World-Wide Sea Training School, established in
1966, had five training courses of varying duration for stewards, engine-roa
staff, junior staff, deck apprentices and officer cadets.
He was pleased to observe that the course syllabuses gave much
importance to accident prevention, fire precautions and instruction on
safety matters.
During the ceremony, some 70 cadets who had successfully completed
their training in seamanship, basic navigation and engineering received
their certificates.
Release time: 7:00 p.m.