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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1981
IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR, ROYAL OBSERVATORY, MR BELL HAS REPRESENTED HONG KONG AT MANY INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
IN EUROPE, AMERICA AND IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. HE HAS ALSO HAD PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF METEOROLOGY, PARTICULARLY THAT OF THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGION.
MR BELL WILL BE REMAINING IN HONG KONG WITH HIS FAMILY FOR SIX TO 12 MONTHS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY, MARKING THE RETIREMENT OF MR GORDON BELL, TO BE HELD IN THE STAFF CLUB HOUSE OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, AT 4.30 PM ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 16).
PLEA FOR SAFETY AT CONSTRUCTION SITES
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BUILDING CONTRACTORS WERE URGED TODAY TO TAKE ALL POSSIBLE MEASURES TO PREVENT OBJECTS FROM FALLING FROM HEIGHT AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE PLEA WAS MADE BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOLLOWING A RECENT ACCIDENT IN WHICH A WORKER WAS KILLED BY A FALLING SLAB OF CONCRETE AT A TS IM SHA TSUI CONSTRUCTION SITE.
IN ADDITION TO THE FATAL CASE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING FALLING OBJECTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES. THE OBJECTS RANGED FROM WOODEN BOARDS TO SIZEABLE CONCRETE BLOCKS.
HE SAID: +MANY OF THESE ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN. BOTH CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS HAVE THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IN OBSERVING THE SAFETY RULES LAID DOWN BY THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS, 1978.+
ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED, ALL STRUCTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY NETS AND FANS CAPABLE OF CATCHING ANY MATERIAL OR OBJECT THAT MAY FALL FROM THESE STRUCTURES ENDANGERING WORKERS ON THE SITE.
SCAFFOLDING MATERIALS, TOOLS OR ANY OTHER OBJECT SHOULD NOT BE THROWN, TIPPED OR SHUTTLED DOWN FROM HEIGHT TO THE DANGER OF ANY PERSON BELOW. WHERE, PRACTICABLE, THESE OBJECTS SHOULD BE LOWERED BY MEANS OF A LIFTING APPLIANCE OR LIFTING GEAR. BUILDING DEBRIS SHOULD BE DISCHARGED THROUGH PROPER DELIVERY CHUTES.
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