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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1974.
MORE FIRST-AID COURSES APPROVED BY LABOUR DEPARTMENT
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THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON, HAS
APPROVED COURSES RUN BY THREE MORE HONG KONG ORGANISATIONS AS COURSES QUALIFYING SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES TO ACT AS FIRST AID
PERSONNEL IN INDUSTRY.
THE NEDLY-RECOGNISED COURSES ARE RUN BY THE AUXILIARY
MEDICAL SERVICE, THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AND THE BRITISH RED
CROSS SOCIETY.
THIS MEANS THAT, INCLUDING THE ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
ASSOCIATION, THERE ARE NOU FOUR ORGANISATIONS IN HONG KONG
WHICH CAN RUN COURSES GIVING SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FULL
RECOGNITION UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS
CFIRST AID IN REGISTRABLE WORKPLACES) RECULATIONS AND THE
CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR HAS APPROVED A TOTAL OF SEVEN
COURSES RUN BY THE THREE BODIES.
MR. HENDERSON SAID TODAY THE RECOGNITION OF THE COURSES
VAS AIMED AT NAKING IT EASIER FOR EMPLOYERS TO GET MEMBERS OF
THEIR STAFF QUALIFIED IN LINE WITH THE LAW, THUS HELPING TO
SOLVE THE SHORTAGE OF FIRST-AID PERSONNEL IN INDUSTRY.
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HE CALLED ON INDUSTRY TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE NEW
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