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TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1975
+THERE ARE ALSO PROVISIONS FOR FIRST AID FACILITIES SIMILAR TO THOSE IN THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS 1973 WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION ON MAY 1, 1974, MR. LAO SAID.
→THESE INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID DOXES OR CUPBOARDS IN THE RATIO OF ONE BOX OR CUPBOARD TO EVERY 100 WORKERS OR PART THEREOF EMPLOYED AND THE ATTENDANCE OF FIRST AIDERS DURING WORKING HOURS AT ANY DOCK, QUAY OR WHARE WITH 30 OR MORE WORKERS.
+WE HAVE PREPARED A GUIDE ON THE REGULATIONS TO ENABLE PROPRIETORS, FORK-LIFT TRUCK OWNERS AND WORKERS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND THEIR OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LAW.
+ IT WILL BE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK FROM ALL OFFICES THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, HE SAID,
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TRAIN SERVICES FOR CHING MING FESTIVAL
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SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICES WILL BE OPERATED BETWEEN KOWLOON AND WO HOP SHEK DURING THE CHING MING FESTIVAL PERIOD THIS WEEKEND TO COPE WITH THE EXPECTED INCREASE IN COMMUTERS.
ELEVEN UP-TRAINS WILL RUN BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI AND WO HOP SHEK CEMETERY BETWEEN 6.15 AM AND 4.44 PM ON APRIL 5 AND 6. WHILE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF DOWN-TRAINS WILL BE OPERATED BETWEEN 7.40 AM AND 6.14 PM. THESE SPECIAL TRAINS WILL NOT PICK UP PASSENGERS AT THE MONG KOK STATION.
AT THE SAME TIME, ALL NORMAL SCHEDULE UP-TRAINS WILL NOT PICK UP PASSENGERS AT THE MONG KOK STATION BETWEEN 8 AM AND 3.10 PM ON THESE TWO DAYS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, PASSENGERS NORMALLY BOARDING AT MONG KOK STATION SHOULD GO TO TSIM SHA TSUI STATION. HOLDERS OF MONTHLY TICKETS WILL BE ALLOWED TO BOARD AT TSIM SHA TSUI WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE.
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY SAID THAT ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TRAINS WOULD BE OPERATED IN THE LATE EVENINGS IF NECESSARY. THE LOCAL STATION MASTERS WILL GIVE ADVICE ON THE TIMING OF THESE TRAINS.
HE SAID ALL UP-TRAINS FROM KOWLOON TO THE NEW TERRITORIES WERE EXPECTED TO BE FULL BETWEEN 6 AM AND 3 PM, WHILE DOWN-TRAINS WOULD PROBABLY BE FULL BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM.
THERE WILL BE NO ADVANCE BOOKING OF RAILWAY TICKETS.
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