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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1984
WE ALSO HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE JAPANESE BUSINESS LEADERS ABOUT FURTHER INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG IN THE LIGHT OF THE SATISFACTORY CONCLUSION OF THE SINO-BRITISH AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
WE ARE VERY GLAD THAT THE GOVERNOR WAS WITH US. HIS PRESENCE IN THE MISSION HAS GIVEN US AN ADDED PRESTIGE AND HAS ALSO ATTRACTED GREATER ATTENTION FROM THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE MOST GRATEFUL TO THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS HELP IN THIS DIRECTION. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT.+
COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY URGED *****
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER MR NEIL HENDERSON, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID THAT NOW WAS THE RIGHT TIME TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THIS WAS PARTICULARLY SO IN THE FACE OF RISING EXPECTATIONS OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE STANDARD OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY BROUGHT ABOUT CHIEFLY BY THE JOINT EFFORTS OF EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.
MR HENDERSON WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SEMINAR FOR TOP MANAGEMENT IN HONG KONG ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AT THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL.
IN THE PREVIOUS SEMINARS, HE SAID, THE MAIN EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON AROUSING GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK, AND THE TOPICS FOR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION WERE OF A GENERAL NATURE.
+THIS YEAR, THE SEMINAR CONCERNS THE MORE SPECIFIC THEME OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN INDUSTRIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, WHICH IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO TOP MANAGEMENT. +
MR HENDERSON SAID THE DOMINANT THEME OF THE SEMINAR WAS THE NEED TO PLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE REAL WORLD RATHER THAN TO VIEW IT AS AN ABSTRACT IDEAL.
+ THE SEMINAR HAS THEREFORE STRUCTURED TO OFFER SOME PRACTICAL ADVICE TO MANAGEMENT WISHING TO DEVELOP A RESPONSIBLE, YET COST CONSCIOUS APPROACH TO THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY OBLIGATIONS.+
HE SAID THE SEMINAR WOULD EXAMINE THE PROPOSITION THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY EXPENDITURE, PROPERLY ADMINISTERED, WOULD PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN.
/TO BRING