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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1984
+PUBLIC HELP VITAL IN SAFETY EFFORT+
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THE ESSENCE OF SAFETY PROMOTION LIES NOT ONLY IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT BUT ALSO IN EDUCATION AND THE WILLING CO-OPERATION OF ALL CONCERNED, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR J.W. HAYES SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
DR HAYES, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, WAS SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF A +TEXTILES INDUSTRY SAFETY DAY+ JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE AND THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT BOARD.
HE SAID SAFETY DAY+ WAS A MEANINGFUL EVENT AND WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND ORGANISED FOR THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG TO PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK IN THE INDUSTRY.
IT ALSO SIGNIFIED THE EFFORT BY THE GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE COMMON GOAL OF PROMOTING SAFETY AND PREVENTING ACCIDENTS.
JUDGING FROM THE GOOD EFFORT PUT IN BY THE ORGANISERS AND THE STRONG SUPPORT AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION RECEIVED FROM ALL SIDES, THE SAFETY DAY FUNCTION HAD FULLY ACHIEVED ITS OBJECTIVE, HE SAID.
+ I AM ALSO CONFIDENT THAT BY KEEPING UP OUR EFFORT SUFFICIENT IMPETUS WILL BE GENERATED WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE SAFE WORKING JUST A WAY OF LIFE, HE ADDED.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS MR ROBERT LAI CHAIRMAN OF THE SAFETY DAY ORGANISING SUB-COMMITTEE. HE SAID THAT THE SAFETY DAY CONSISTED MAINLY OF THREE COMPETITIONS AND WOULD CONCLUDE WITH A GALA NIGHT TO BE HELD ON MARCH 15, AT 8 PM AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
THE COMPETITIONS WERE KNOWN AS: +SAFETY SLOGAN+, +SAFETY FACTORY+ AND SAFETY QUIZ+, AND WERE OPEN TO ALL FACTORIES AND WORKERS IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY.
THE FIRST TWO COMPETITIONS WERE WON BY MR YAU KIN-FAT OF ISLAND DYEING AND PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED AND THE FIRST NATIONAL TRADING COMPANY LIMITED RESPECTIVELY, WHILE WINNERS OF THE +SAFETY QUIZ+ WILL BE DECIDED BY A LUCKY DRAW AT THE GALA NIGHT.
AS FOR THE GALA NIGHT, MR LAI SAID IT WOULD FEATURE LOCAL POPULAR SINGERS AS WELL AS A +POLY DESIGN HALF AN HOUR+ FASHION SHOW OF GARMENTS DESIGNED BY STUDENTS OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
HE ALSO REVEALED THAT FOUR TEXTILE FACTORIES, IN SUPPORT OF THE SAFETY DAY, WOULD ALSO BE MAKING SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO ORGANISE THEIR OWN SAFETY DAY ACTIVITIES IN THE IR FACTORIES ON MARCH 15 TO BRING HOME TO THEIR EMPLOYEES THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
THE FACTORIES ARE KOWLOON TEXTILE INDUSTRIES LIMITED, ISLAND DYEING AND PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED, CENTRAL TEXTILES (HONG VONG) LIMITED, AND WINSOR INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION LIMITED.
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