WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1982
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PEOPLE URGED NOT TO THROW OBJECTS FROM BUILDINGS
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PEOPLE WERE URGED TODAY NOT TO THROW OBJECTS FROM BUILDINGS SO AS NOT TO MAKE LIFE MORE DANGEROUS FOR OTHERS.
+OBVIOUSLY, IT IS IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST IN THIS CROWDED TERRITORY TO DO ALL THEY CAN TO COUNTER THIS THOUGHTLESS AND DANGEROUS ACTIVITY, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING.
DESCRIBING GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST THIS HABIT, MR DAVIES SAID IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON SELINA CHOW, THAT TWO MAIN MEASURES WERE OPEN TO THE GOVERNMENT TO COUNTER +THIS DEPLORABLE AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR.+
THE FIRST WAS POLICE ACTION TO INVESTIGATE REPORTS OF OBJECTS FALLING FROM HIGH BUILDINGS AND WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO INITIATE THE PROSECUTION OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
DETECTION OF SUCH OFFENDERS WAS TIME-CONSUMING WORK, BUT 406 PROSECUTIONS HAD BEEN INITIATED LAST YEAR, MOSTLY IN RESPECT OF CONSTRUCTION SITES.
THE SECOND AND MORE IMPORTANT MEASURE WAS PUBLIC PREVENTIVE EDUCATION. THIS WAS BEING DONE THROUGH TELEVISION AND RADIO, AND THROUGH CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, AND FURTHER PUBLICITY WAS PLANNED AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL, HE SAID.
LIFTING APPLIANCES COVERED BY REGULATIONS
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ALL LIFTING APPLIANCES USED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE COVERED BY THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS WHICH REQUIRE THEM TO BE THOROUGHLY EXAMINED AT REGULAR INTERVALS, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON J.N. HENDERSON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
A COMPETENT EXAMINER MUST CERTIFY THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS SAFE AFTER EACH EXAMINATION AND FACTORY INSPECTORS, DURING THE IR INSPECTIONS OF CONSTRUCTION SITES, CHECK THE CERTIFICATES
ISSUED BY THE EXAMINERS TO ENSURE THAT THE REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN PROPERLY OBSERVED, HE ADDED.
MR HENDERSON WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. MRS SELINA CHOW, WHO ASKED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING LIFT DEVICES WHICH HAPPENED AT CONSTRUCTION SITES LAST YEAR COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND ABOUT THE MAIN CAUSES OF THESE ACCIDENTS.
/IN 1980,