MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1983
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SOUTHERN TO HOLD DISTRICT FESTIVAL IN NOVEMBER
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A THREE-WEEK SOUTHERN DISTRICT FESTIVAL FEATURING A WIDE RANGE OF RECREATIONAL, SPORTS, CULTURAL AND ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES WILL BE HELD IN NOVEMBER.
ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE A WALKATHON, A VARIETY SHOW WITH A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION, A DISCO MARATHON AND A CARNIVAL.
DRAWING, CROSS-WORD PUZZLES, ESSAY WRITING, SLOGAN AND QUIZ COMPETITIONS WILL ALSO BE HELD.
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR K.C. KWONG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THE FESTIVAL IS TO PROMOTE RESIDENTS' CONCERN FOR THE DISTRICT AND HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY-BUILDING EFFORT.
+THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE FESTIVAL IS HOPED THAT A DISTRICT IDENTITY AND A SENSE OF BELONGING CAN FURTHER BE FOSTERED,+ HE SAID.
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THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS ALLOCATED $150 000 FOR THE FESTIVAL.
A CENTRAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE COMPRISING DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, URBAN COUNCILLORS, AREA COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN AND LOCAL LEADERS IN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN FORMED TO CO-ORDINATE THE PLANNING OF THE FESTIVAL.
SAFETY HINTS FOR BUILDING CONTRACTORS
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED BUILDING CONTRACTORS TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM FALLING AND FROM BEING HIT BY FALLING OBJECTS AT CONSTRUCTION SITES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED THE REMINDER IN THE WAKE OF TWO RECENT COURT CASES, IN WHICH TWO BUILDING CONTRACTORS WERE FINED FOR BREACHES OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS.
IN ONE CASE, THE COURT IMPOSED A MAXIMUM FINE OF $50 000 ON A CONTRACTOR FOR FAILING TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT A WORKMAN FROM BEING STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A BRICK AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THE WORKER LATER DIED.
IN THE OTHER CASE, ANOTHER CONTRACTOR WAS FINED $40 000 FOR FAILING TO FENCE OFF WORKING PLATFORMS.
/THE SPORESKAN