THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1982
SAFETY PLEA TO TSUEN WAN EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES
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EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN TSUEN WAN WERE URGED TODAY (THURSDAY) TO PLAY A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION.
THE PLEA WAS MADE BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR J.W. HAYES, AT THE OPENING OF SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ - AN AUDIO-VISUAL PRESENTATION ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY - AND AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION HELD BY THE DEPARTMENT AT TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
THE +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ AND THE EXHIBITION, WHICH FORM PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, ARE CO-SPONSORED BY THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE.
DR HAYES, WHO WAS FORMERLY TSUEN WAN TOWN MANAGER SAID TSUEN WAN HAD A PROUD RECORD OF ACHIEVING TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN INDUSTRY WHICH, HOWEVER, HAD ALSO BROUGHT ABOUT AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
HE CALLED FOR A CONCERTED EFFORT+ BY THE GOVERNMENT, THE EMPLOYERS AND THE EMPLOYEES TO REDUCE THESE ACCIDENTS.
+FOR OUR PART, HE SAID, +WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION BY ENFORCING LEGISLATION, PROVIDING MORE TRAINING AND ADVICE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND INTENSIFYING PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT.+
DR HAYES' PLEA WAS ECHOED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD INDUSTRIAL SUB-COMMITTEE, MR LAM KIN-MING, WHO POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN 180 000 PEOPLE OF THE 610 000 POPULATION IN TSUEN WAN WORKED IN FACTORIES AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES.
HE HOPED THAT EVERY EMPLOYER WOULD PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE WORK SAFETY OF HIS EMPLOYEES AND THAT EVERY WORKER WOULD ATTACH MORE IMPORTANCE TO SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
MRS SUSAN TANG, CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THE SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+, LATER DECLARED THE SHOW OPEN BY PERFORMING A SWITCHING-ON CEREMONY.
THE +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ AND THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FROM 11 AM TO 8.30 PM DAILY FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THE EXHIBITION FEATURES A WIDE RANGE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT DISPLAYED BY EIGHT LOCAL FIRMS.