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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1979
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY: EMPLOYERS, WORKERS MUST DO THEIR SHARE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) EMPHASISED THE NEED FOR EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS TO DO THE IR SHARE TO REDUCE THE HIGH NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
+THE GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING ITS PART BY PROGRESSIVELY ENACTING THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION AND IMPROVING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ITS ENFORCEMENT MACHINERY, BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS TOO TO PLAY THE IR RESPECTIVE ROLES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE UNACCEPTABLY HIGH NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, HE SAID.
ADDRESSING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, SIR MURRAY SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENACT AND ENFORCE SAFETY LEGISLATION AND TO UNDERTAKE SAFETY EDUCATION. +THE EMPLOYERS' RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND TO INSTRUCT THEIR EMPLOYEES IN SAFE PRACTICES- THE WORKERS' RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ABIDE BY THE SAFETY RULES AND TO USE SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FOR THEM,+
SIR MURRAY SAID THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORKING PARTY SET UP TO REVIEW THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE WERE BEING CONSIDERED AND THE MORE URGENT PROPOSALS WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE PHASED PROGRAMME TO PROHIBIT OVERTIME IN INDUSTRY FOR YOUNG PERSONS AGED 16 AND 17 WOULD BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 1, 1980 BUT THE EFFECT ON INDUSTRY WOULD BE MINIMAL.
ON THE SILICOSIS COMPENSATION SCHEME APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST YEAR, SIR MURRAY SAID THE SCHEME HAD PROVED UNEXPECTEDLY DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT, BUT DETAILS OF A REVISED SCHEME HAD JUST BEEN FINALISED AND AMENDING LEGISLATION WOULD BE INTRODUCED.
TURNING TO INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, HE SAID THE IMPORTANCE OF A COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME OF INDUSTRIAL TRAINING WAS RECOGNISED BY BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. THE ADVICE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DIVERSIFICATION HAS THEREFORE BEEN SOUGHT ON THE TRAINING COUNCIL'S PROPOSAL TO FINANCE TRAINING THROUGH A GENERAL LEVY,+ HẸ ADDED.
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