•
29
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 43, 1985
HE SAID THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN WHICH BEGAN SIX YEARS AGO WOULD CONTINUE NEXT YEAR AND THE FULLEST POSSIBLE USE OF TELEVISION, RADIO AND NEWSPAPERS WOULD BE MADE.
+WE ARE DISCUSSING WITH RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG JOINT PLANS TO ORGANISE A SERIES OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PROGRAMMES ON TELEVISION AND RADIO. OTHER PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE SAFETY EXHIBITIONS, POSTERS AND TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS.+
MR BRIDGE ALSO SAID THAT THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD'S COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND ITS FIVE INDUSTRY-BASED SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEES PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THOSE INVOLVED IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY SUB-COMMITTEE, HE ADDED, HAD BEEN ONE OF THE MORE ACTIVE AND ITS PROGRAMME LAST YEAR INCLUDED A VERY SUCCESSFUL SAFETY SEMINAR AND THE PRODUCTION OF A CODE OF SAFETY PRACTICE FOR THE INDUSTRY.
HE SAID THE SUB-COMMITTEE WAS NOW MAKING ITS PLANS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
PLAN DEVISED TO IMPROVE RADIO RECEPTION -
*****
TSAO
A PLAN HAD BEEN DEVISED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF RADIO RECEPTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE NEW TOWNS, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON PETER TSAU, SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION RAISED BY THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR TSAO SAID THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S FORMAL ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROPOSALS WOULD SHORTLY BE SOUGHT.
HOWEVER, MR TSAO SAID THAT IMPLEMENTATION HAD TO BE PHASED OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND, AT LEAST AS REGARDS RTHK, WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
DETAILED PROPOSALS WERE CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION WITH FINANCE BRANCH AND IT WAS HOPED TO PLACE THESE BEFORE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THIS COUNCIL DURING THE CURRENT SESSION, MR TSAO SAID.
IN THE MEANTIME, MR TSAO SAID, UNDER THE NEW FREQUENCY ALLOCATION PLAN A NUMBER OF INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND HE HAD DIRECTED THAT THESE BE PUT IN HAND.
/ BY USING
Page 30Page 31