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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1977
INSPECTION OF MTR SITES ******
MEMBERS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE HAVE CARRIED OUT NUMEROUS REGULAR INSPECTIONS UNDERGROUND AT MASS TRANS IT RAILWAY SITES, COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. PETER WILLIAMS SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
SINCE JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN 51 SUCH INSPECTIONS, HE ADDED IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. WONG LAM.
MR. WILLIAMS SAID THE M.T.R. AT PRESENT HAD THREE WORK AREAS OPERATING IN COMPRESSED AIR, TWO FACTORY INSPECTORS, TWO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH OFFICERS AND ONE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENIST HAD BEEN AUTHORISED TO ENTER COMPRESSED AIR WORKINGS AND HE EXPECTED INSPECTIONS OF THESE LIMITED AND SPECIAL AREAS TO START DURING JULY.
TRANSFER OF DUTIES OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES CORPS
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A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES PREVIOUSLY EXERCISED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES CORPS TO THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY WAS PASSED TODAY AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MOVING THE RESOLUTION UNDER A SECTION OF THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON. LEWIS DAVIES SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN REVIEWING AND REVISING SOME OF THE ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
+AS A RESULT THE FULL-TIME APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER OF THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES CORPS IS NO LONGER REQUIRED. THE DUTIES OF THIS POST HAVE BEEN ABSORBED INTO THOSE OF THE SECURITY BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT GENERALLY,+ MR. DAVIES SAID.
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