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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1983
FIRST TWO SAFETY WORKERS' WIN TRIP TO U.S.
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HONG KONG'S FIRST TWO +SAFETY WORKERS+-- A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE CHOSEN LAST NIGHT, AFTER A THREE-SESSION COMPETITION AMONG SOME 50 INDUSTRIAL WORKERS WHO TOOK PART.
AS THEIR FIRST PRIZE, THE WINNERS - A 27-YEAR-OLD CONSTRUCTION WORKER, MR TSANG CHI-PUI, AND A 35-YEAR OLD ELECTRONICS WORKER MISS LAU KWAI-YING, WILL BE LEAVING SHORTLY ON AN 11-DAY, ALL- EXPENSES-PAID TRIP TO THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES.
LAST NIGHT, THEY EDGED OUT TWO OTHER WORKERS IN THE FINAL EVENT OF THE COMPETITION, HELD IN THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL BEFORE A PACKED HOUSE OF ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTERS.
THEY WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND THE MANNER OF THEIR PRESENTATION IN THE CONTEST, BY A PANEL OF JUDGES COMPRISING MR LAM KIN-MING, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SING FOOK KNITTING FACTORY; MR SIMON LUN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING; MR WONG TSE-WAH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES; MR TAM WING-PONG, DISTRICT OFFICER (KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI); AND MR CHAN SHIU-LAP, CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
MR TSANG EARNED HIS WINNING TITLE WITH AN ELOQUENT EXPLANATION OF ROLE OF EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, AND A SIMPLE AND ECONOMICAL DEVICE OF HIS OWN INVENTION IN PREVENTING WORKERS FROM FALLING DOWN A LIFT SHAFT.
MISS LAU'S REMINDER TO FELLOW WORKERS TO BEWARE OF THE DANGER OF CHEMICAL SOLUTION EARNED HER THE HIGHEST MARKS IN THE WOMEN'S SECTION.
BESIDES THE FREE TRIP. BOTH WINNERS WERE AWARDED A CASH PRIZE OF $2 000 AND JEWELLERY OF THE SAME VALUE.
THE PRIZES WERE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS BY MR LAM KIN-MING A WELL-KNOWN INDUSTRIALIST IN TSUEN WAN, WHO CONTRIBUTED THE FREE TRIPS AND THE CASH PRIZES.
THE JEWELLERY WERE BY COURTESY OF TSE SUI LUEN JEWELLERY COMPANY.
THE CONTEST WAS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHT OF AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY GALA NIGHT JOINTLY PRESENTED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, RTHK AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES.
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