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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1984
WHEN INTERPRETING THESE RE-CLASSIFIED FIGURES, IT, SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE OVERALL EXPORT VALUE OF AN EXPORTED COMMODITY REQUIRING SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IS WHOLLY ALLOCATED TO THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH IT IS FINALLY PRODUCED ALTHOUGH THE INDUSTRY IS NOT REALLY THE SOLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE VALUE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
BESIDES, THE CLASSIFICATION OF AN EXPORTED COMMODITY TO A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE COMMODITY IS ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS OF THAT INDUSTRY, SINCE SOME MAY BE SECONDARY PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS CLASSIFIED UNDER OTHER INDUSTRIES, HE ADDED.
FURTHER DETAILS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS FOR MERCHANDISE RECLASS IF IED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT TEL. NO. 3-7224504).
A TABLE ON THESE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED INDUSTRIES IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, DECEMBER, 1983+.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A STATISTICAL TABLE IS BEING BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE IN SAFETY STRESSED
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IT IS UNREALISTIC TO THINK THAT THE TASK OF MONITORING FOR SAFETY CAN BE ACHIEVED BY GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL WITHOUT THE INTEREST AND COOPERATION OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES WORKING IN THE FIELD, THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, DR JAMES HAYES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE HONG KONG OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION THIS EVENING, DR HAYES SAID:
+THE TASK OF MONITORING FOR SAFETY IS TOO BIG FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO ACHIEVE SINGLE-HANDED,
+ INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY IS CONTINUALLY CHANGING AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THERE TO BE UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS, CONCERNED ASSOCIATIONS LIKE YOUR OWN, AND THOSE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES WHICH HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE.+
DR HAYES POINTED OUT THAT NOT ONLY MODERN INDUSTRY AND NEW PROCESSES HAD TO BE WATCHED.
/+WE MUST