TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1981
$100 000 INDUSTRIAL SAFETY QUIZ DRIVE STARTS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) LAUNCHED THE FIRST PROJECT IN ITS MILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN FOR 1981/82 - A QUIZ CONTEST WHICH CARRIES MORE THAN $100 000 WORTH OF PRIZES, INCLUDING A $30 000 CHARADE PRIVATE CAR.
THE FOUR-MONTH LONG CONTEST IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, HONG KONG DAILY NEWS AND REDIFFUSION TELEVISION LTD. AND CO-SPONSORED BY TAI FAT HONG LTD., PHILIPS HONG KONG LTD. AND KONG KING TRADING COMPANY,
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN SHIU-LAP POINTED OUT THAT THE CONTEST AIMED AT INCREASING AWARENESS OF THE NEED TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
+WHILE WE CONTINUE TO ENFORCE STRICTLY THE LAW TO MINIMISE RISKS IN PLACES OF WORK, WE FEEL THAT THIS HAS TO BE SUPPORTED BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THE WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS, TO BE MORE SAFETY CONSCIOUS, HE STRESSED.
MR CHAN SAID THE NEWS MEDIA IN HONG KONG HAD CONTRIBUTED ENORMOUSLY TO PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT THIS YEAR.
ALSO PRESENT AT THE CONFERENCE WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF HONG KONG DAILY NEWS, RTV AND THE CO-SPONSORS.
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF PHILIPS HONG KONG LTD, SAID ANY INDUSTRIAL SAFETY CAMPAIGN SHOULD INVOLVE FOUR PARTIES – THE WORKERS, EMPLOYERS, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MEDIA, AND THAT PHILIPS WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE QUIZ COMPETITION AS EMPLOYERS.
+WE BELIEVE THAT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IS AN EXTREMELY WORTHWHILE COMMUNITY CAUSE TO SUPPORT. WE HOPE THAT BY DONATING TELEVISION SETS AS PRIZES IN THE QUIZ, WE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASING THE AWARENESS OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AMONG HONG KONG RESIDENTS, SHE ADDED.
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THE CONTEST IS SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS THE FIRST PART CONSISTS OF THREE PRELIMINARY COMPETITIONS AND THE SECOND PART FEATURES A GRAND FINALE.
THE FIRST PRELIMINARY IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD THIS MONTH AND THE SECOND IN JULY AND THE THIRD IN AUGUST.
FROM TOMORROW, THE HONG KONG DAILY NEWS WILL PUBLISH A LINE DRAWING AND MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRST PRELIMINARY DAILY FROM MONDAY TO SATURDAY THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. HONG KONG TV NEWS AND RTV'S TV TIMES WILL ALSO PUBLISH THE DRAWING AND QUESTIONS TWICE IN THE SAME MONTH.
LINE DRAWINGS AND MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS FOR THE OTHER PRELIMINARIES WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE SAME WAY IN THE FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS.
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