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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1979
THE CORPORATION'S SECOND INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN YUEN LONG, CONSISTING OF 98 HECTARES, WILL PROVIDE 72 HECTARES OF NETT INDUSTRIAL SITES WHEN COMPLETED IN 1981. IT IS EXPECTED THAT FORMED SITES WITHIN THE FIRST PHASE OF ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR LEASING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE GOVERNOR** VISIT TO THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATES CORPORATION'S OFFICE IN GUARDIAN HOUSE, 32 01 KWAN ROAD, MORRISON HILL AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
CJ URGES EMPLOYERS TO PREVENT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
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THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, TODAY (THURSDAY)
EXPRESSED GRAVE CONCERN OVER THE HIGH RATE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG AND APPEALED TO EMPLOYERS TO TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT SUCH MISHAPS.
AND HE HINTED AT HEAVIER PENALTIES FOR SERIOUS BREACHES OF SAFETY REGULATIONS.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION AT THE KOWLOON RAILWAY TERMINUS IN HUNG HOM, SIR DENYS DESCRIBED INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AS ONE OF THE LESS SATISFACTORY FEATURES OF HONG KONG LIFE.
IN 1978, HE SAID, THERE WERE NEARLY 40,000 REPORTED INDUSTRIAL INJURIES, INCLUDING 141 DEATHS. THIS WAS THE HIGHEST FIGURE EVER RECORDED IN HONG KONG AND WAS GREATER THAN THE NUMBER INJURED ON THE ROADS.
BY WAY OF COMPARISON, MORE WERE KILLED IN ACCIDENTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES ALONE LAST YEAR, THAN THERE WERE VICTIMS OF HOMICIDE.
+THE DAMAGE TO THE COMMUNITY OF THIS TERRIBLE TOLL, IN HUMAN, SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL TERMS, IS INCALCULABLE,+ HE NOTED.
FOR EXAMPLE, SIR DENYS POINTED OUT, NEARLY $24 MILLION WAS PAID LAST YEAR IN WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION, IN ADDITION TO DAMAGE TO MACHINES, DISRUPTION OF PRODUCTION, LOSS OF SKILLED AND IRREPLACEABLE WORKERS AND OTHER COSTS.
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