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THIS, HE SAID, WAS IN ADDITION TO ITS ACTION TO ENFORCE THE SAFETY REGULATIONS AT TAKE OUT PROSECUTIONS AGAINST BREACHES.
DR HAYES SAID THE TRIPARTITE SAFETY MOVEMENT WAS ALSO PROMOTED THROUGH VARIOUS INDUSTRY-BASED SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEES COMPRISING OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MAJOR EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS AND TRADE UNIONS.
HE SAID THE SUB-COMMITTEES SERVED AS A USEFUL FORUM FOR DISCUSSIONS ON PRACTICAL MEANS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT WORK IN THE INDUSTRIES CONCERNED.
THERE ARE AT PRESENT FIVE SUCH SUB-COMMITTEES, ONE EACH FOR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, THE SHIP-BUILDING AND SHIP-REPAIRING INDUSTRY, THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY AND THE METALWARE INDUSTRY.
DR HAYES SAID THE SUB-COMMITTEE FOR THE METALWARE INDUSTRY WAS FORMED EARLY THIS YEAR AND WAS DRAWING UP A SAFETY CODE OF PRACTICE AND DEVISING A TRAINING COURSE FOR PRESS OPERATORS, IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE INDUSTRY'S SAFETY RECORD.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY WAS PROFESSOR P.C. LEUNG, PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATIC SURGERY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
PROF. LEUNG SAID HIS STUDY ON OCCUPATIONAL HAND INJURIES HAD INDICATED THAT 50 PER CENT OF THE VICTIMS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A CAUSE TO THE IR INJURY: EITHER MACHINE FAULT, PERSONAL FAULT, ENVIORNMENTAL OR OTHER INTERFERENCE.
+WE HAVE BEEN STRESSING TOO MUCH ON MEDICAL CARE, NOT KNOWING THAT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SURROUNDINGS AND PERSONAL HABITS, WHICH ARE CLOSELY RELATED TO OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND INJURY PREVENTION, ARE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING OUR REAL HEALTH, HE SAID.
HE STRESSED THAT PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS AND JOB RELATED OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES AND AILMENTS, PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND GENERAL WELL-BEING AT WORK, WERE THE CHALLENGING TASKS OF ALL THE PARTIES CONCERNED.
THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY BETWEEN 10.30 AM TO 6.30 PM UNTIL JUNE 4.
ON DISPLAY ARE A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT PUT UP BY SIX PRIVATE COMPANIES, DISPLAY MATERIALS AND AUDIO-VISUAL SLIDE SHOWS ON SAFETY PUT UP THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, AND GRAPHIC MATERIALS ON HAND AND BACK INJURIES PUT UP BY THE DEPARTMENT OR ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATIC SURGERY, CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
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