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FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1982
MR CHAN SAID THAT THE SECOND AREA OF CONCERN WAS THE CONTINUING PROBLEM OF CONSTRUCTION SITE SAFETY.
HE SAID: THE NUMBER OF SITE ACCIDENTS IN 1981 WAS APPROXIMATELY 18 000. THE NUMBER OF FATAL CASES WAS 92 - AN INCREASE OF 12 OVER THE FIGURE FOR 1980. THESE FIGURES REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 39 PER CENT AND 65 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF ALL
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.+
MR CHAN SAID THAT ALTHOUGH HE WAS AWARE OF THE GREAT EFFORTS WHICH HAD BEEN MADE, AND WERE CONTINUING TO BE MADE, BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OCCURRING ON CONSTRUCTION SITE, (AND THE FACT THAT ACCIDENTS, BY VIRTUE OF THE NATURE OF THE WORK, WERE AN UNFORTUNATE HAZARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY) HE REGARDED THAT THE FIGURES HE HAD QUOTED WERE UNACCEPTABLE IN A MODERN AND DEVELOPED SOCIETY AND MUST BE REDUCED.
MR CHAN, THEREFORE, APPEALED TO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO UNDERTAKE EVEN GREATER VIGILANCE TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE, OF THE HIGH COST OF SITE ACCIDENTS IN TERMS OF LOSS OF PRODUCTIVITY AND THE HUMAN SUFFERING AND MISERY THEY BROUGHT.
WIDER POWERS FOR MUSEUM MANAGEMENT
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THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING TO GIVE THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES WIDER POWERS TO IMPROVE THE MANAGEMENT OF MUSEUMS UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL IS THE AUTHORITY FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF MUSEUMS IN THE URBAN AREAS AND THE DIRECTOR IS THE AUTHORITY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO 2) BILL 1982 PUBLISHED TODAY (FRIDAY), THE AUTHORITY WILL BE ABLE TO ARRANGE WITH CONTRACTORS FOR THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUCH AS FOOD SERVICES, IN THE MUSEUMS.
VISITORS WHO CAUSE NUISANCES WILL BE SUBJECT TO GREATER CONTROL AND THOSE WHO DAMAGE AN EXHIBIT MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE COST OF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT AND A SURCHARGE AMOUNTING TO 20 PER CENT OF THE COST.
THE AUTHORITY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO CONTROL TRADING OR ADVERTISING IN MUSEUMS AND IMPOSE CHARGES ON THESE ACTIVITIES.
THE THREE EXISTING MUSEUMS ARE ALL MANAGED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL. THEY ARE THE MUSEUM OF ART LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY HALL, THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY IN STAR HOUSE AND ITS BRANCH MUSEUM AT LEI CHENG UK, AND THE SPACE MUSEUM IN TSIM SHA TSUI,
UNDER PLANNING ARE A PERMANENT MUSEUM OF ART, A MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND A MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TO BE LOCATED IN TSIM SHA TSUI AND TO BE COMPLETED BY THE LATE 1980'S.
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IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THERE ARE PLANS FOR CONVERTING SAM TUNG UK VILLAGE IN TSUEN WAN INTO A FOLK MUSEUM.
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