FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1982
ANYONE WHO CONTRAVENES THE REGULATIONS IS LIABLE ON CONVICTION TO FINES RANGING FROM $20 000 TO $30 000.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD PRODUCED A GUIDE TO THE REGULATIONS, WHICH OUTLINES THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS IN SIMPLE TERMS AND WHICH IS AIMED AT IMPRESSING UPON EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRIES THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING ADEQUATE SAFETY MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST ELECTRICAL HAZARDS.
COPIES OF THE GUIDE - IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE - ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE FROM DIVISIONAL OFFICES OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ANYONE REQUIRING FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGULATIONS MAY CONTACT THE INSPECTORATE OR ANY DIVISIONAL OFFICE.
DBS HELP PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF IMPROVEMENTS
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THE INCLUSION OF ELECTED MEMBERS IN DISTRICT BOARDS MUST STRENGTHEN LINKS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT, WITHOUT WHICH THE BOARD IS MEANINGLESS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR GRAHAM BARNES, TODAY (FRIDAY) AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD.
+THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING WHICH WE HAVE HAD MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF SHAM SHUI PO SITTING ON THE BOARD,+ HE SAID.
MR BARNES RECALLED THAT THE BOARD, IN ITS FIRST TERM BEFORE LAST MONTH'S ELECTIONS, HAD ESTABLISHED A FIRM POSITION FOR ITSELF IN THE DISTRICT, +NOT JUST THE PRINCIPAL FORUM IN WHICH ALL MANIFESTATION OF LOCAL DISTRICT GOVERNMENT WAS DISCUSSED, BUT AS THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF INITIATIVE FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF SHAM SHUJ PO.+
FOR THE SECOND TERM, HE SAID: WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF WORKING TOGETHER AND WITH THE BOARD BEHIND US ON THE GOVERNMENT SIDE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO COPE BETTER.
+THIS SHOULD HELP IN THE ACTUAL PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF MEASURES FOR IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT, HE ADDED.
THE SHAM SHUI PO DISTRICT BOARD WAS FIRST FORMED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. SINCE LAST MONTH'S ELECTIONS, THE BOARD NOW COMPRISES NINE ELECTED MEMBERS, NINE APPOINTED UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, TWO URBAN COUNCILLORS" AND NINE OFFICIAL MEMBERS.
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