SAFETY SHO OPENS AT TUEN MUN ******
THE SPECTACULAR SOUND-ON-SLIDE PRESENTATION, +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+, IS ON THE MOVE AGAIN.
PRODUCED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, IT IS BEING HELD THIS TIME AT THE ON TING/YAU OF COMMUNITY CENTRE IN TUEN MUN WITH SUPPORT BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE 18-MINUTE SHOW, WHICH FEATURES THE SHOWING OF MORE THAN 1 000 CCLOUR TRANSPARENCIES FROM 18 SLIDE PROJECTORS, WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR DR J.W. HAYES, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICER, A BILLY LAM, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, MR_LAU WONG-FAT, AND THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICER, MR STEPHEN LAM.
THE SHOW HAD BEEN STAGED EARLY LAST YEAR IN WONG CHUK HANG, TSUEN WAN AND WONG TAI SIN, FOLLOWING A SUCCESSFUL SHOW ING AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, DR HAYES URGED RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, SPECIALLY STUDENTS AND WORKERS, TO VISIT THE SHOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY,
HE ALSO CALLED ON COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS TO SEE THE EXHIBITION.
+WORKERS AND THEIR SUPERVISORS ARE, OF COURSE, THE MAIN TARGET OF THE SAFETY CAMPAIGN. I URGE EMPLOYERS TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEM TO SEE THE EXHIBITION.
+ IT IS HOPED THAT THOSE WHO VISIT THE EXHIBITION WILL NOT LOSE EARNINGS OR GOOD ATTENDANCE BONUSES BECAUSE IT IS UNFAIR AS WELL AS UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT WORKERS WITH FAMILIES TO TAKE TIME OFF AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE OR TO GO ALONG TO THE SHOW AFTER A HARD DAY'S WORK, HE SAID.
HE THANKED THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT BOARD, THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE SHOW FOR HELPING WITH THE SHOW.
EARLIER, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR YIP HING-CHUNG, SAID THE PRESENTATION WAS TIMELY BECAUSE TUEN MUN HAD BEEN DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN TUEN MUN HAD INCREASED FROM 8 900 IN 1980 TO MORE THAN 20 000 IN 1982, HE SAID.
HE NOTED THAT, IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOW, THERE WERE AN EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND CHARTS, A GAME STALL AS WELL AS A QUIZ -- ALL RELATING TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. AND THE PERFORMANCES BY TELEVISION ARTISTES AND SINGERS IN THE GIS MOBILE STREET THEATRE OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY CENTRE PROVIDED ENTERTAINMENT, IN ADDITION TO THE SAFETY MESSAGE, TO THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, HE ADDED.
THE SHOW OPENS FROM 11 AM TO 8.30 PM DAILY UNTIL NEXT SUNDAY (MARCH 20).
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