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THE PARTICIPANTS ARE FREE TO ENTER ANY ONE OR ALL THE THREE SECTIONS BUT ALL THE ENTRIES MUST BE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY THE PARTICIPANTS THEMSELVES AND HAVE NOT BEEN ENTERED PREVIOUSLY IN ANY OTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION.
'THE WINNING ENTRIES WILL BE DISPLAYED AT PUBLIC PLACES COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CENTRES OR USED IN FIGHT YOUTH CRIME PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS,'' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WINNERS, AND RUNNERS-UP OF EACH SECTION WILL EACH BE AWARDED A CAMERA VALUED BETWEEN $1 360 TO $2 200. CAMERAS VALUED AT $360 EACH WILL BE AWARDED TO THE 20 OUTSTANDING ENTRIES.
ENTRY FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM ALL POLICE STATIONS, POLICE REPORT CENTRES, NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICE UNITS, JUNIOR POLICE CALL CLUBHOUSES AND THE MINOLTA SHOWROOM IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
THE CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES IS AUGUST 31.
SAFETY MEASURES FOR SHIPBUILDING WORKERS URGED
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THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY WAS URGED TO PROVIDE SAFETY MEASURES FOR WORKERS WORKING AT HEIGHTS ON BOARD VESSELS.
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE TODAY (SUNDAY) FOLLOWING AN ANALYSIS OF ACCIDENTS WHICH HAPPENED IN THE INDUSTRY IN 1982.
A SPOKESMAN OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE POINTED OUT THAT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING FALLS OF PERSONS IN THE INDUSTRY TOTALLED 162 LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ONE FATALITY, WHILE THOSE INVOLVING STEPPING ON OR STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS TOTALLED 283.
THESE TWO TYPES OF ACCIDENTS ALONE ACCOUNTED FOR NEARLY HALF OF ALL THE ACCIDENTS WHICH OCCURRED IN THE INDUSTRY LAST YEAR.
+A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE ACCIDENTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD SOME SIMPLE SAFETY MEASURES BEEN ADOPTED, HE NOTED.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT ADEQUATE FENCING AND SUFFICIENT LIGHTING SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO PREVENT WORKERS FROM FALLING THROUGH UNCOVERED HATCHWAYS OR TWEEN-DECK OPENINGS. WORKERS SHOULD CARRY TORCH LIGHTS WHENEVER THEY ENTER WORKPLACES WITHOUT ADEQUATE DIRECT LIGHTING.
THE MANAGEMENT SHOULD ALSO LAY DOWN STANDARD SAFE WORKING PRACTICES AND WORKERS SHOULD OBSERVE THESE SAFETY MEASURES.
+THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE WHICH COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRY AND MEMBERS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE MARINE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SECTION OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUT PRACTICAL MEASURES TO PROTECT THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF WORKERS IN THE INDUSTRY+, HE SAID.
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