WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1977
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PRIZES FOR WINNERS OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER COMPETITION
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THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION ENDORSES THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND THE FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS WHICH CAME INTO FORCE ON APRIL 1.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CMA MR. J.P. LEE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN HE PRESENTED CASH AWARDS TO II WINNERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER AND SAFETY SLOGAN COMPETITION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS.
MR. LEE SAID THE REGULATIONS LISTED THE DANGEROUS PARTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MACHINES AND SUGGESTED WAYS ON HOW THEY COULD BE EFFECTIVELY GUARDED.
+THROUGH STUDYING THESE, BOTH MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS WILL BE IN A BETTER POSITION TO RE-ORGANIZE THEIR EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION, HE SAID.
MR. LEE SAID THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS YEAR'S SAFETY COMPETITION WAS TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF BOTH MANUFACTURERS AND WORKERS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE OPERATION OF MACHINERY.
+ IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNIZED THAT ATTRACTIVE, INFORMATIVE AND WELL-DESIGNED SAFETY POSTERS AND SLOGANS CAN EFFECTIVELY HELP PREVENT ACCIDENTS AT WORK FROM OCCURRING, HE SAID.
+ON ONE HAND THEY CAN REMIND EMPLOYEES NOT TO OVERLOOK HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS INCLUDING THE DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINES AND OTHER PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT TO WHICH THEY ARE SO ACCUSTOMED. ON THE OTHER HAND THEY DRAW ATTENTION TO THE NEED TO ADOPT PREVENTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS INSTALLING APPROPRIATE GUARDS ON MACHINES.
+SAFETY OPERATION IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF WORK GENERALLY. NEGLIGENCE CAN ONLY LEAD TO SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES,+ MR. LEE ADDED.
HE THEN COMMENDED THE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR ARDENT SUPPORT FOR THE COMPETITION AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY TEACHERS TO STUDENTS WHICH HE SAID HAD BROUGHT ABOUT A VERY HIGH STANDARD OF ENTRIES IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION.
THE WINNERS IN THE COMPETITION WERE:
POSTER CONTEST:
MR. YIU YAU-HUNG OF TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL-
MR. LEUNG NAI-FAI OF KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL-
MISS CHOW YUK-HAN OF JOCKEY CLUB SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL-
/MR, LEE