TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1983
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YOUNG PEOPLE URGED TO BE SAFETY CONSCIOUS
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YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE INSTILLED WITH A SENSE OF SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS, A LOCAL INDUSTRIALIST SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
+SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS IS ESSENTIAL TO EVERYONE, NOT ONLY AT WORK BUT ALSO AT HOME, MR NICHOLAS YEUNG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER OF SHUI ON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ADDED.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S 15TH INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION IN THE CITY HALL EXHIBITION HALL, WHERE THE +SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA 11+ SLIDE PRESENTATION AND AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION ARE BEING HELD.
THE COMPETITION, AIMED AT PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, ATTRACTED A RECORD NUMBER OF MORE THAN 600 ENTRIES FROM 57 SCHOOLS.
MR YEUNG TOLD THE PRIZE WINNERS: +YOUR EFFORT IN THIS COMPETITION HAS NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATED YOUR TALENTS IN ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN BUT ALSO SHOWN YOUR CONCERN IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
+ IT IS GENERALLY RECOGNISED THAT ATTRACTIVE, INFORMATIVE AND WELL-DESIGNED SAFETY POSTERS CAN EFFECTIVELY DRIVE HOME THE MESSAGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
MR YEUNG LATER PRESENTED GIFTS COUPONS OF $1 500 EACH TO LEE KIN-HUNG OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, WINNER OF THE +A+ SECTION OF THE COMPETITION, AND LAI 01-SHAŃ OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, WINNER OF THE +B+ SECTION.
HE ALSO PRESENTED $300 GIFT COUPONS AS CONSOLATION PRIZES TO 10 OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN EACH SECTION.
QUESTION ON COMPUTER-BASED DATA FOR LEGCO ****
THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ASKED WHETHER LEGISLATION WILL BE INTRODUCED TO PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMPUTER-BASED DATA AND TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING MISUSED IN VIEW OF THE GROWING USE OF COMPUTERS.
THE QUERY WILL BE AMONG 13 QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
IN ANOTHER QUESTION THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE ASKED WHETHER IT HAS ANY POWER TO CONTROL THE PRICING OF PETROL AND FUEL OIL IN THE LIGHT OF CONSIDERABLY REDUCED WORLD PRICES AND THE LATEST INDICATIONS THAT RETAILERS MIGHT RAISE PRICES TO OFFSET THE WEAKENED HONG KONG DOLLAR.
/OTHER QUESTIONS