WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1976
MINI-EXHIBITION ON SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS STAGING A MINI-EXHIBITION ON SAFETY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 5) AT THE KOWLOON BAY MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION.
THE EXHIBITION, THE FIRST IN A SERIES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES, WILL BE STAGED ON A THREE-TON TRUCK SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE PURPOSE.
A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM.
BETWEEN JANUARY AND SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR THERE WERE 39 FATAL AND 5,135 NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS IN THIS AREA. DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 34 FATAL AND 3,850 NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS WHILE IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1974 THERE WERE 44 FATAL AND 3,710 NON-FATAL ACCIDENTS.
HE SAID: THE PROBLEM ARISES PRINCIPALLY FROM THE FACT THAT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OFTEN WORK FROM GREAT HEIGHTS, TEMPORARY STRUCTURES AND IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH CHANGES ALMOST DAILY AS WORK PROGRESSED.
+THE EMPLOYMENT OF MODERN MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND PLANT IMPOSES ADDITIONAL SAFETY REQUIREMENT.+
HE SAID IT IS, THEREFORE, HOPED THAT THIS SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS WILL SERVE AS A REMINDER TO ALL WORKING IN THE INDUSTRY OF THE GRIM ACCIDENT RATE AND OF THE HAZARDS THEY MAY BE EXPOSED TO AT WORK SITES.+
NOTE TO EDITORS:
AN OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE MTR STATION OFF KWUN TONG ROAD, KOWLOON BAY, AT 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY (NOVEMBER 5).
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY.
LIMITED TRANSPORT ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED BASIS WILL BE PROVIDED TO TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO THE EXHIBITION SITE.
THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE USE OF THE OFFICIAL TRANSPORT ARE REQUESTED TO MEET MR. TAM KAM-FAI OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER NOT LATER THAN 9.15 A.M.
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