FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1984
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MR MASON SAID THE COMMERCIAL CRIME UNIT OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND CCB WERE ACTIVELY STUDYING LEGISLATION IN RESPECT OF COMPUTER- RELATED CRIMES WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ENACTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE CCB IS IN THE PROCESS OF SEEKING INFORMATION ON PROBLEMS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THESE OFFENCES AS GUIDELINES IN SUBMITTING PROPOSALS TO AMEND THE LEGISLATION IN HONG KONG.
AS EARLY AS IN 1976, SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE CCB ATTENDED THE MUCH SOUGHT-AFTER FIVE-WEEK COMPUTER CRIME COURSE RUN BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) IN WASHINGTON DC. THREE POLICE SUPERINTENDENTS FROM HONG KONG, ONE OF WHOM IS NOW A SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT, HAVE SO FAR ATTENDED THE COURSE.
MOREOVER, A SENIOR INSPECTOR OF THE CCB WILL BE THE FIRST POLICE OFFICER FROM HONG KONG TO ATTEND A COMPREHENSIVE MONTH-LONG COMPUTER CRIME COURSE ORGANISED BY THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE (RCMP) IN OTTAWA SHORTLY.
MR MASON ALSO POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1984 ENACTED IN JUNE THIS YEAR, AUTHENTICATED COMPUTER RECORDS AND PRINT-OUTS CAN NOW BE ACCEPTED AS DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.
NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS DOWN ****
THERE HAS BEEN AN ENCOURAGING DOWNWARD TREND IN THE NUMBER OF SERIOUS INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN RECENT YEARS AS A RESULT OF EFFORTS TO PROMOTE WORK SAFETY BY BOTH THE EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING GENERAL MANAGER OF A-FAI ENGINEERS AND SHIPREPAIRERS LTD., MR CHAN TAK-CHUNG, AT THE OPENING OF THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY SAFETY SEMINAR+ THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING.
THE ONE-DAY SEMINAR WAS ORGANISED BY THE SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST, THE SAFETY OF WORKERS HAD OFTEN BEEN NEGLECTED IN THE WORK PROCESS, HOWEVER, THE SITUATION HAD BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED AS A RESULT OF THE JOINT EFFORTS BY ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
HE SAID THAT IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, IT WAS NECESSARY NOT ONLY TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF PRACTICAL REGULATIONS AND ITS STRICT ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE TRAINING, EDUCATION AND WIDE PUBLICITY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
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