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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1984
GIRL PRAISED FOR HELPING SAVE MAN
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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR RON BRIDGE, TODAY (FRIDAY) PRAISED AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOR HER PROMPT ACTION IN SAVING A WORKER FROM A FATAL FALL OUTSIDE HER 9TH FLOOR FLAT IN KOWLOON.
+1 HOPE THAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WILL REMIND WORKERS TO BE ALWAYS CONSCIOUS OF SAFETY WHILE WORKING AT HEIGHT, MR BRIDGE TOLD CHUI PUI-SHAN BEFORE PRESENTING HER WITH A PAIR OF BADMINTON RACQUETS AS A SOUVENIR. THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA+ AT THE TELFORD GARDENS COMMUNITY CENTRE, KOWLOON
BAY.
A PRIMARY SIX PUPIL, PUI-SHAN WAS PLAYING BADMINTON AT TSZ MAN ESTATE, TSZ WAN SHAN, ON MONDAY EVENING WHEN NOTICED SOME WORK TOOLS FALLING FROM A BUILDING. LOOKING UP, SHE SAW A TILTING GONDOLA, WITH A WORKER HANGING ON PRECARIOUSLY OUTSIDE THE BALCONY OF HER 9TH FLOOR FLAT.
SHE RUSHED BACK TO HER FLAT AND LET THE WORKER IN BY OPENING A WINDOW.
EARLIER, THE SPECTACULAR SOUND-ON-SLIDE PRESENTATION JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, WAS OPENED BY MR BRIDGE, MR KEVIN I.K. MAX, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, AND MR EDDIE' LAMB, CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG SAFETY EXTRAVAGANZA ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, MR BRIDGE URGED RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT, ESPE¦ALLY STUDENTS AND WORKERS, TO VISIT THE SHOW TO GAIN A BETTER NOWLEDGE ABOUT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
+1 AM PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THIS UNIQUE PRESENTATION, WHICH COMBINES BOTH ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION, HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY WORKERS, HE SAID.
HE CALLED ON COMMUNITY LEADERS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN THE DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS RESPECTIVELY TO GO TO SEE THE EXHIBITION.
MR BRIDGE ALSO THANKED THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE CIVIL AID SERVICES AND MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN STAGING THE SHOW.
EARLIER, MR I.K. MAK, KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER STRESSED THAT HONG KONG'S COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AND MANY INDUSTRIES HAD ABSORBED ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY INTO THEIR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.
AS A RESULT, HE SAID, THE DEMAND FOR SKILLED WORKERS WAS GROWING ENORMOUSLY AND VERY OFTEN INDUSTRIALISTS HAD TO SPEND A PART OF THEIR CAPITAL ON TRAINING THE WORKERS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TON NEGLIGENCE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THEN ALL THEIR EFFORTS WOULD BE IN VAIN.
/MR MAK