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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1977
HE SUPPORTED MR. FRANCIS TIEN'S REQUEST FOR A RE-ASSURANCE FROM HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT THAT IT SHOULD NOT ONLY PLAY NO PART IN THE EEC IN MATTERS WHICH ADVERSELY OR UNFAIRLY AFFECT HONG KONG BUT SHOULD DO MORE TO DEFEND AND SAFEGUARD HONG KONG'S INTERESTS.
LOOKING AT THE 1977-78 BUDGET AS A WHOLE, HOWEVER, DR. CHUNG SAID ALL THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WERE IN GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY'S PROPOSALS THOUGH SOME ACADEMICS AND OTHERS HAD DESCRIBED IT AS DULL, UNEXCITING AND UNIMAGINATIVE.
HE PRAISED THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY FOR HIS +FINE PERFORMANCE+ IN PRESENTING THE BUDGET.
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MACHINERY GUARDING REGULATIONS EFFECTIVE FROM TOMORROW
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FACTORY PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS WERE TODAY REMINDED THAT THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS 1976 WILL COME INTO FORCE TOMORROW (APRIL 1).
THE REGULATIONS WHICH AIM TO BRING ABOUT A SAFER INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR WORKERS, GIVE GUIDANCE ON THE GUARDING OF DANGEROUS MACHINERY.
THEY SPECIFY DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY OR PLANT WHICH NEED EFFECTIVE GUARDING, AND DESCRIBE FIVE METHODS OF GUARDING, WHICH CAN BE ADOPTED.
UNDER THE REGULATIONS, OFFENDERS COULD BE FINED FOR NOT ADEQUATELY GUARDING DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY OR FOR NOT USING MACHINE GUARDS.
MR. DAVID LIN, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, SAID: +THESE REGULATIONS WERE APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN AUGUST LAST YEAR AND TIME WAS ALLOWED FOR PROPRIETORS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR MACHINES TO PROVIDE THEM WITH PROPER GUARDING.
+DURING THIS TIME OUR INSPECTORATE STAFF HAS BEEN HELPING TO EDUCATE EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS IN THE NEW LAW BY TRAINING AND PUBLICITY, + HE ADDED.
TO HELP PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS, AN EXPLANATORY HANDBOOK IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE HAS BEEN PRINTED FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION.
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