THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1979
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TRIBUTE TO FACTORY INSPECTORS
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THERE WAS A SLIGHT DROP IN THE INCIDENCE RATE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN FACTORIES LAST YEAR. THE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORS HAD GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS IMPROVEMENT.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. NEIL HENDERSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) WHEN HE ADDRESSED A TWO-DAY RESIDENTIAL CONFERENCE OF FACTORY INSPECTORS AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,
+1 AM WELL AWARE THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL EFFORTS ON THE PART OF EACH OF YOU,+ HE SAID.
+YOUR GOOD WORK HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY AS IT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WHILE STAFF RESOURCES HAVE BEEN SCARCE.+
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN RECENT YEARS HAD RISEN TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT THE INSPECTORATE WAS FULLY STRETCHED BY THE VOLUME OF WORK TO BE DONE AND MUCH MORE REMAINED TO BE DONE.
THE INSPECTORATE WAS STILL UNDERGOING A PHASED EXPANSION TO ENABLE IT TO SERVE THE INDUSTRIES MORE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY.
+ IN-SERVICE TRAINING TO UP-DATE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE IN ORDER TO COPE WITH SUCH EXPANSION AND THE EVER-CHANGING CHALLENGES OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE SOPHISTICATED INDUSTRIES AND PROCESSES IN HONG KONG,+ MR. HENDERSON STRESSED.
LOOKING AHEAD, MR. HENDERSON SAID HIS DEPARTMENT SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE PARTICULARLY IN KEEPING UP-TO-DATE AND IT WOULD GIVE MORE THOUGHT TO OTHER METHODS OF GETTING ACROSS THE SAFETY MESSAGE TO WORK PEOPLE.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WAS AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION SCHEDULED TO BE STAGED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT LATER NEXT MONTH.
DESCRIBING THE CONFERENCE AS A VALUABLE AND USEFUL GATHER ING, MR. HENDERSON SAID IT ENABLED THE PARTICIPANTS TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE AND TO DEVELOP AN EXPRIT DE CORPS.
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