THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1975.
BUT HE SUGGESTED THE SITUATION HAD NOT SHOWN ANY REAL IMPROVEMENT. IN FACT, IT MAY WELL BE THAT IT HAS BECOME WORSE, PARTICULARLY IN THE LIGHT OF REDUCED INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY OVER A YEAR IN WHICH THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF MAN-HOURS WORKED, HE SAID.
MR. PRICE ASSURED INDUSTRY THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS ANXIOUS TO CO-OPERATE IN EVERY WAY IN THE FIGHT FOR A SAFER WORKING ENVIRONMENT. HE URGED INDUSTRY TO START MAKING GREATER USE OF THE FREE FACILITIES OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE WHICH SINCE 1967 HAS TRAINED MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE FROM GOVERNMENT AND INDSTRY. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, TRAINING OFFICERS HAVE GIVEN LECTURES ON SAFETY TO MORE THAN 25,000 STUDENTS AT PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
MR. PRICE COMMENDED OFFICERS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE, WHO HE SAID, HAD SINCE 1967 BUILT UP A SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE TO ONE OF THE BEST IN THE FAR EAST.
→THE MOST STRIKING POINT ABOUT THE CENTRE IS THAT IT HAS PROVED OF PRACTICAL VALUE, IN THAT CONCRETE AND POSITIVE ACTION HAS EMERGED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS - ACCIDENTS WHICH ARE A BLOT ON THE INDUSTRIAL SCENE IN HONG KONG.+
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