SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1979
LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO STAGE
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL STAGE A LARGE-SCALE EXHIBITION THIS WEEK TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN HỒNG KONG
THE 11-DAY EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD AT THE NORTH CONCOURSE OF THE KOWLOON RAIL TERMINUS, HUNG HOM.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, WILL DECLARE THE EXHIBITION OPEN IN A CEREMONY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. DAVID LIN, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT A WIDE RANGE OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT TO DEMONSTRATE TO VISITORS GOOD STANDARDS OF MACHINERY GUARDING, SAFE PLACES OF WORK AND SAFE WORKING PRACTICES WILL BE ON DISPLAY.
THE EXHIBITION SEEKS TO AROUSE THE PUBLIC'S AWARENESS OF POTENTIAL HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF MACHINERY TO ENABLE THEM TO IDENTIFY DANGEROUS PARTS OF MACHINERY AND TO DEMONSTRATE HOW DANGEROUS PARTS AND AREAS CAN BE GUARDED.
IT ALSO FOCUSES ATTENTION ON POTENTIAL RISK INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF ADOPTING SAFE METHODS OF WORK AND SAFE WORKING PROCEDURE ON CONSTRUCTION SITES AND IN FACTORIES ALIKE.
IN ADDITION, THE EXHIBITION ALSO:
* IDENTIFIES THE INVISIBLE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICITY AND
PIN-POINTS PRECAUTIONS TO ENSURE SAFE USE OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TOOLS-
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SHOWS HAZARDS INVOLVED IN THE USE OF CHEMICALS AND THE PROPER PROCEDURES AND PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN-
* MAKES KNOWN POTENTIAL DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH WORKING IN
CONFINED SPACES, AND
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EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING HEARING WHILE WORKING IN A NOISY ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS ANOTHER MAJOR EFFORT OF OUR ON-GOING CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN HONG KONG THROUGH PUBLICITY IN THE MEDIA, THE DISTRIBUTION OF POSTERS, HANDOUTS AND LEAFLETS, FREE TRAINING COURSES TO FACTORY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND WORKERS AND BY THE USE OF OUR MOBILE EXHIBITION VAN, MR. LIN SAID.
+IT SHOWS BOTH PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO ACHIEVE SAFE AND HEALTHY WORKING CONDITIONS, CONCENTRATING ON AREAS WHERE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS ARE COMMON.
+IT IS MY FERVENT HOPE THAT THE EXHIBITION WILL GENERATE A SPONTANEOUS RESPONSE FROM PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS AND SPUR THEM INTO PAYING GREATER ATTENTION TO AND ADOPTING SAFETY MEASURES, + SAID MR. LIN.
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