MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1982
SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA TO BE HELD
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL STAGE A SPECTACULAR AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY LATER THIS MONTH AS A MAJOR EFFORT TO PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK.
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THE 11-DAY EXHIBITION, KNOWN AS 'SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA'' BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, AT 3 PM ON FEBRUARY 19 AT THE KESWICK HALL OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (MONDAY) AFTERNOON, THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DAVID LIN, POINTED OUT THAT THE AIM OF THE EXHIBITION, APART FROM PROVIDING VIVID AND LIVELY ENTERTAINMENT, IS TO SHOW VISITORS, ESPECIALLY EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS, THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
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''SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA'' WILL BE A SPECTACULAR SOUND-ON-SLIDE SHOW WITH SPECIAL EFFECTS AND DISSOLVES, PROJECTED ONTO A HUGE, MULTI-SCREEN FROM 22 PROJECTORS CONTROLLED BY COMPUTERISED PROGRAMMES.
BY UTILISING MODERN TECHNIQUE AND MORE THAN 1 000 SLIDES, THIS 12-MINUTE SHOW WILL PROVIDE AN EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION, AND AT THE SAME TIME UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
''SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA'' WILL BE HELD FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM DAILY FROM FEBRUARY 20 TO 28 AND FROM 3.30 PM TO 10 PM ON FEBRUARY 19 AND 10 AM TO 6 PM ON MARCH 1.
SHOWS WILL BE HELD AT HALF-HOUR INTERVALS FOR UP TO 300 PEOPLE AT A TIME, OR MORE FREQUENTLY DURING WEEKENDS IF THERE IS A HEAVY DEMAND.
ADMISSION WILL BE FREE. BUT TICKETS WILL BE REQUIRED TO ENTER THE KESWICK HALL FOR THE SHOW IN ORDER TO ATTAIN BETTER CROWD CONTROL. THE TICKETS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OR AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE KESWICK HALL BEFORE EACH SHOW.
IN ADDITION TO THE SHOW, A STATIC DISPLAY WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, GRAPHICS AND SAFETY EQUIPMENTS WILL BE STAGED IN A ROOM NEXT TO THE KESWICK HALL. ADMISSION IS FREE.
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MR LIN STRESSED 'THE DEPARTMENT IS DETERMINED TO CREATE MORE INNOVATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR TO REDUCE THE ACCIDENT RATE. TO THIS END MORE MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EDUCATION IN 1982/83."
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CONFERENCE, THE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR CHAN SIÚ-LAP, STRESSED THAT THE MAIN HOPE FOR REDUCING THE ACCIDENT RATE IS IN ADEQUATE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF EVERYONE IN INDUSTRY.
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