WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1983
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MR LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF AN INDUSTRIAL
SAFETY SEMINAR FOR SENIOR MANAGEMENT ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
HE ASKED THE PARTICIPANTS: +HAVE YOU EVER SPENT SOME TIME
IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY? HAVE YOU EVER REVIEWED THE SITUATION AFTER A WORKER GETS HURT AT WORK?+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE FEDERATION OF HONG KONG INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WITH THE COMMON OBJECTIVE OF PROTECTING WORKERS,
+I THINK THIS IS NOT ONLY NECESSARY BUT ALSO MEANINGFUL, HE SAID.
MR LEE DISCLOSED THAT IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR THERE WERE 30 678 INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, INCLUDING 67 FATAL CASES, REPRESENTING AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE 32 033 ACCIDENTS (INCLUDING 80 FATAL CASES) IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
HE URGED THE PARTICIPANTS TO REVIEW THE SAFETY MEASURES AT THE IR WORKPLACES AND TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON THIS MATTER.
+TO REDUCE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IS TO ENHANCE OUR PRODUCTIVITY, AND THIS WILL INDIRECTLY INCREASE OUR PRODUCTS' COMPETITIVENESS IN OVERSEAS MARKETS, HE CONCLUDED,
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PLAN FOR PRIVATE GARAGES TO EXAMINE CARS
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UP TO 40 000 PRIVATE CARS MAY BE EXAMINED NEXT YEAR, UNDER A SCHEME PLANNED TO UTILISE PRIVATE GARAGES, MR JAMES Y.C. SO, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, SAID TODAY.
MR SO WAS ADDRESSING THE ROTARY CLUB OF KOWLOON WEST.
*WHILE ALL PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES SUCH AS TAXIS, PLBS ETC. ARE INSPECTED ANNUALLY AND ALL FRANCHISED BUSES ARE INSPECTED AS FREQUENTLY AS REQUIRED, GOODS VEHICLES AND PRIVATE CARS ARE ONLY INSPECTED AT PRESENT IF THEY ARE 10 YEARS OLD OR OVER,+ MR SO SAID.
+THERE IS AT PRESENT A PROGRAMME TO PROGRESSIVELY REDUCE THE AGE LEVEL FOR THE EXAMINATION OF PRIVATE CARS FROM THE PRESENT 12 YEARS TO 6 YEARS, AND ANNUALLY FOR ALL GOODS VEHICLES, + CONTINUED MR SO.
THIS PROGRAMME, HOWEVER, DEPENDS ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRES AND THE TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT OF MORE SUITABLE STAFF.
+PLANS ARE IN HAND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO FULL-AUTOMATED COMPUTERISED VEHICLE EXAMINATION CENTRES AT TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG.
/+UNFORTUNATELY, IN