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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1981
YOUNG BLOOD FOR FACTORY INSPECTORATE
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS RECRUITED 24 YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING FOUR WOMEN, AS ASSISTANT FACTORY INSPECTORS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THE OFFICERS WERE SELECTED FROM MORE THAN 1 000 APPLICANTS IN TWO RECENT RECRUITMENT EXERCISES.
+THEY ARE A WELCOME BOOST TO THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE AND AUGUR WELL FOR OUR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, HE NOTED.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE COMING THREE YEARS THE RECRUITS WILL RECEIVE CLASSROOM TRAINING AND PRACTICAL TRAINING BEFORE BECOMING FULL FLEDGED FACTORY INSPECTORS.
THE CLASSROOM TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE SYLLABUS WILL COVER MAINLY SAFETY LEGISLATION AND INSPECTION TECHNIQUES.
FOR PRACTICAL TRAINING, THE RECRUITS WILL BE POSTED TO THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE'S VARIOUS DIVISIONAL OFFICES WHERE THEY WILL WORK UNDER THE CLOSE SUPERVISION OF EXPERIENCED FACTORY
INSPECTORS.
AFTER THEIR TRAINING, THEY WILL BE POSTED TO DIVISIONAL OFFICES AND THEIR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO ENFORCE SAFETY LEGISLATION BY INSPECTING FACTORIES AND CONSTRUCTION SITES AND TO INVESTIGATE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
POSTING OF JURY LIST ***
THE ACTING REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT, MR NICHOLAS JOHN BARNETT, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT A FURTHER LIST OF COMMON JURORS WOULD BE POSTED ON THE NOTICE BOARD OF THE SUPREME COURT BUILDING NEXT MONDAY (JANUARY 26).
THIS LIST WILL REMAIN POSTED FOR 14 DAYS. DURING THIS PERIOD ANY PERSON MAY APPLY BY WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE REGISTRAR REQUIRING THAT HIS NAME OR THE NAME OF SOME OTHER PERSON BE POSTED OR REMOVED FROM THE LIST. HIS REASON WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN IN THE NOTICE.
THE REGISTRAR SHALL IN HIS DISCRETION, POST OR REMOVE SUCH NAME ACCORDINGLY, AND SHALL IF NECESSARY ALTER THE LIST.