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Monday, July 9, 1973
SEMINAR ON CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
Engineers in the construction industry will have an opportunity to
discuss the question of safety in construction work at a three-day seminar
jointly organised by the Labour Department's industrial safety training centre
and the civil engineering department of the University of Hong Kong.
Mr. P. Lumb, head of the Civil Engineering Department, will officially
open the seminar at 9.30 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday) in lecture room B of the
University. Some 30 engineers, both fresh and past graduates, will attend.
Mr. Chan Wing-kai, Industrial Safety Training Officer of the Labour
Department, said accidents on construction sites over the past months had
remained high but the department was tackling the problem positively by
involving the management in a concerted effort to reduce accidents.
The programme of the seminar, he said, would include an engineer's
role in construction safety; health hazards in civil engineering works;
safety use of "Ramset" gun; use of explosives; and fire prevention and
rescue on construction sites.
The participants will visit building sites in Kowloon and the High
Island water scheme. They will also tour the Industrial Safety Training Centre
where machine guards and protective equipment are on display.
The executive director of the Hong Kong Productivity Centre, Mr. W.H.
Newton, will give the closing address and present certificates to the participants
on Thursday (July 12) at 4.30 p.m. at the Industrial Safety Training Centre in
Canton Road Government Offices, 3rd floor.
Note to Editors:
You are cordially invited to send a photographer /reporter to cover the opening and closing ceremonies.
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