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FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1981
GOOD SAFETY SENSE SAVED THEIR LIVES
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EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRY WERE TODAY URGED BY
A SENIOR OFFICIAL OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLES OF THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF A CLEANING COMPANY IN OBSERVING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY RULES.
SPEAKING AT A SOUVENIR PRESENTATION HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE, CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR CHAN SHIU-LAP PRAISED THE MANAGEMENT OF WINSON CLEANING SERVICES AND TWO WORKERS, MR LEUNG KIN-HUNG AND MR MAN YIU-ON, FOR THE IR SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS.
HE NOTED THAT +CERTAIN TRAGEDY+ WAS AVERTED ON JUNE 2 BECAUSE OF THE IR GOOD SENSE IN OBSERVING SAFETY RULES.
ON THAT DAY, MR CHAN RECALLED, MR LEUNG AND MR MAN WERE WORKING ON A SUSPENDED GONDOLA CLEANING THE WINDOWS OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING THE NEW WORLD TOWER - IN CENTRAL WHEN IT SUDDENLY TILTED AT A DANGEROUS ANGLE OF 40 DEGREES DURING A DESCENT.
FORTUNATELY, MR LEUNG AND MR MAN DID NOT FALL OFF BECAUSE
THEY WERE WEARING SAFETY HARNESSES,
+I WISH TO COMMEND MR GEORGE FONG, THE MANAGER OF WINSON CLEANING SERVICES FOR HIS SAFETY AWARENESS IN PROVIDING HIS EMPLOYEES WITH THE SAFETY HARNESSES AND ENSURING THAT THEY MADE USE OF THE EQUIPMENT.
+ ALSO WISH TO COMMEND THE SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS OF MR MAN AND MR LEUNG IN OBSERVING SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND USING THE SAFETY HARNESSES, HE ADDED.
MR CHAN APPEALED TO EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRY TO FOLLOW THIS GOOD EXAMPLE BY OBSERVING SAFETY RULES AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE.
LATER MR CHAN PRESENTED MR FONG WITH A PENNANT AND MR LEUNG AND MR MAN WITH CASSETTE RADIOS AS A TOKEN OF THE DEPARTMENT'S APPRECIATION.
SINGLE ORDINANCE FOR ROAD TUNNELS PLANNED
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THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO REPEAL THE EXISTING LION ROCK TUNNEL ORDINANCE AND REPLACE IT WITH NEW LEGISLATION TO COVER ALL GOVERNMENT ROAD TUNNELS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID AS THE ABERDEEN TUNNEL AND THE KAI TAK AIRPORT TUNNEL WERE EXPECTED TO BE OPEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR AND EARLY NEXT YEAR, IT WAS CONSIDERED PREFERABLE TO HAVE A SINGLE ORDINANCE FOR ALL THREE FACILITIES.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE ROAD TUNNELS (GOVERNMENT) BILL 1981, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY, LARGELY FOLLOW AND EXPAND ON THOSE CONTAINED IN THE EXISTING LEGISLATION.
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