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Friday, October 19, 1973
Of the 133 job standards prepared by the industrialists on its
various committese, 104 included requirements for safety knowledge.
Mr. Price praised the Chinese Manufacturers Association for its
initiative in staging the safety seminar, and called on other manufacturing
and employers' associations to follow its lead.
The Commissioner announced that the government and industry
were combining to stage Hong Kong's first major industrial safety exhibition,
to be held in the Chinese Manufacturers Association pavilion during this
year's CHA Fair from December 11 to January 8.
"As far as we can gather, this will be the first such exhibition
in South-East Asia," he said. The Labour Department was organising the
exhibition with the help of the Commerce and Industry, Marine and Fire
Services departments.
He said: "It represents a wide-scale joint effort, with the backing
of the C.M.A., other employers' groups and organisations, individual
employers large and small, insurance companies and leading shipping companies.
"All these have contributed most generously to the cost of staging
this large exhibition. This makes it even more of a 'first' and a milestone
in the history of safety in Hong Kong."
He noted that many firms had lent their machinery for the exhibition,
and some had even lent their staff to man the machinery.
"It is my sincere hope that this first combined attack on the
problem of accidents at work will lead to an era of co-operation which will
be of benefit to all
management, workers and government," Mr. Price said.
Note to Editors:
Copies of the full text of Mr. Price's speech
are boxed for collection.
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