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SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1981
123 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY COURSES COMING ON STREAM
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THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT A TOTAL OF 123 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING COURSES FOR EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRY IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
THE COURSES WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE IR DURATION RANGES FROM ONE TO THREE DAYS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY URGED EMPLOYERS TO SEND THEIR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND THE COURSES OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE FOR TECHNICIANS, FOREMEN, WORKS SUPERVISORS AND THOSE REQUIRED TO PERFORM SUPERVISORY DUTIES.
APPLICATION SHOULD BE MADE BY THE SPONSORING COMPANY IN ITING TO THE CENTRE AND DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED ON TELEPHONE 3-688111 EXT. 347.
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THE COURSES FALL INTO 13 CATEGORIES - BASIC INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT PREVENTION, CONSTRUCTION SAFETY, MANUAL LIFTING AND HANDLING, WORK IN CONFINED SPACES, SLINGING SAFETY, ELECTRICAL SAFETY IN INDUSTRY, SAFETY IN THE USE OF ABRASIVE WHEELS, MACHINERY SAFETY, SAFETY IN DIE-CASTING WORK, SAFETY IN PLASTIC INDUSTRY, SAFE USE OF WOODWORKING MACHINERY, SAFE USE OF POWER PRESS AND SAFETY IN WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR.
+THEY ARE DESIGNED TO ENABLE EMPLOYEES TO IDENTIFY UNSAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENTS, TO SUGGEST METHODS FOR THEIR ELIMINATION AND TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE DUTIES OF A SAFETY SUPERVISOR, IN ADDITION TO THE IR NORMAL RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK, SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
EDUCATION CHIEF APPEALS FOR DISCIPLINE, ORDER ON ROADS
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AN APPEAL TO ALL HONG KONG DRIVERS TO OBSERVE DISCIPLINE AND ORDER ON OUR ROADS IN ORDER TO SAVE LIVES AND UNTOLD HUMAN MISERY WAS MADE TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE.
SPEAKING AT THE SCHOOL ROAD SAFETY PATROLS ANNUAL REVIE AT THE HONG KONG STADIUM, THE DIRECTOR URGED ALL DRIVERS TO TAKE JUST THAT EXTRA TEN OR 15 SECONDS TO CALM DOWN AND MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER.
*THE LIFE THAT YOU SAVE MAY WELL BE YOURS OR THAT OF ONE OF YOUR LOVED ONES,+ MR HAYE SAID.
TURNING TO THE ANNUAL REIVEW, HE SAID IT WAS AN IMPORTANT REMINDER OF THE VITAL WORK DONE BY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN MAKING OUR ROADS SAFE.
+YOU MUST BE AS APPALLED AS I AM AT THE MOUNTING CARNAGE ON OUR ROADS. NOT A DAY SEEMS TO PASS WITHOUT YET ANOTHER SAD ACCOUNT OF TRAGEDY WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.*