MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1979
POSTER WAR AGAINST INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS EFFECTIVE ******
IN THE FIGHT AGAINST INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, POSTERS WERE AN EFFECTIVE WEAPON, SAID THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES, MR. CECIL CHAN TODAY (MONDAY).
PRESENTING CASH PRIZES TO WINNERS OF A RECENT SCHOOLS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN KOWLOON, MR. CHAN SAID: +A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS AND, CERTAINLY AN ATTRACTIVE AND INFORMATIVE POSTER CAN CARRY ACROSS THE SAFETY MESSAGE REQUIRED IN ANY INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EXERCISE.+
HOWEVER, HE WENT ON, IF POSTERS WERE TO RETAIN THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, THEY MUST HAVE A CONSTANTLY REVITALISED APPEAL AND THIS TAKES INGENUITY AND CREATIVITY.
PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE CONTESTANTS MR. CHAN SAID: +BY ENTERING INTO THIS COMPETITION, WHICH IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN ACTUALLY WINNING A PRIZE, YOU HAVE GIVEN THE SUPPORT WHICH INDUSTRY NEEDS AND GIVEN YOURSELF A CHANCE TO EXERCISE YOUR CREATIVE TALENTS IN ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN.
MR. CHAN SAID DESPITE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL WORK CARRIED OUT BY GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS HAVE NOT DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PAST YEARS. THIS COMPETITION WAS A POSITIVE MOVE TO HELP RECTIFY THE SITUATION.
IT WAS IMPORTANT, HE SAID, TO CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST NEGLIGENCE IN FACTORIES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES WHICH LED TO ECONOMIC AND, MORE IMPORTANT, HUMAN LOSSES.
THE ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTERS DESIGN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS HELD IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.
IT WAS DIVIDED INTO A SENIOR AND A JUNIOR DIVISION. THE FIRST PRIZES OF $300 EACH WENT TO LO KAM-SHING OF BISHOP BIANCHI COLLEGE OF CAREERS IN THE SENIOR DIVISION AND LEE MEI-LAN OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION.
THE SECOND PRIZES OF $250 WERE AWARDED TO LAW CHING-CHI OF BISHOP BIANCHI COLLEGE OF CAREERS IN THE SENIOR DIVISION AND MAK KWOK-PO OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION WHILE THE THIRD PRIZES OF $200 WENT TO LINLEY CHAN OF BISHOP BIANCHI COLLEGE OF CAREERS IN THE SENIOR DIVISION AND CHENG MAN-CHU OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION.
CONSOLATION PRIZES OF $100 WERE AWARDED TO CHOW WING-SHUN, TSE WAI-CHIU AND CHIANG CHOW-WAN ALL OF BISHOP BIANCHI COLLEGE OF CAREERS IN THE SENIOR DIVISION AND WONG LAI-YEE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES HEUNG YEE KUK YUEN LONG DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE JUNIOR DIVISION.
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