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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1975.
EXHIBITIONS ON ELECTRICAL SAFETY
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS TO STAGE A SERIES OF MINI EXHIBITIONS ON ELECTRICAL SAFETY.
THE EXHIBITIONS ARE DESIGNED TO REMIND CONSTRUCTION SITE EMPLOYEES OF THE DANGERS ARISING FROM THE USE OF FAULTY ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND INSTALLATIONS, THE COMMON MALPRACTICES IN THE USE OF ELECTRIC POWER, AND THE METHODS OF MINIMISING OR OBVIATING SUCH HAZARDS.
ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS, AS THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING OFFICER, MR. T.K. CHAN, POINTED OUT, HAVE DOUBLED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
IN 1974, 50 PER CENT OF THE FATAL AND ABOUT 30 PER CENT OF THE NON-FATAL ELECTRICAL ACCIDENTS REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OCCURRED IN BUILDING AND ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE EXHIBITIONS WILL BE STAGED ON BOARD THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE DISPLAY VAN AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF GAMMON (H.K.) LTD. FOR THE NEW CAMPUS OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN YUK CHOI ROAD, HUNG HOM. THE TWO-DAY DISPLAY BEGINS AT 10.30 A.M. ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 19).
NOTE TO EDITORS.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE BUILDING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, MR. HO SAI-CHU, AT 10.30 A.M. ON FRIDAY (DECEMBER 19) AT THE SITE FOR THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC'S NEW CAMPUS IN YUK CHOI ROAD, HUNG HOM.
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