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HE SAID HOWEVER THE SCHEME, WHICH WAS SET UP IN TIME FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1983-84 AND WAS NOW IN ITS SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION, HAD THROWN UP SOME PROBLEMS, AND IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE SITUATION BE REVIEWED WITH THE SECRETARIAT OF UPGC WHO MANAGED THE SCHEME.
MR HENDERSON ALSO SAID THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S MANAGEMENT TRAINING UNIT HAD SINCE 1981, BEEN PROVIDING TRAINING FOR THE HEADS OF ALL PUBLIC SECTOR SCHOOLS, WITH PRIORITY BEING GIVEN TO NEW AND INEXPERIENCED HEADS.
ON PROPOSALS TO INTRODUCE A BACHELOR OF EDUCATION DEGREE PROGRAMME TO HELP IMPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL AND ACADEMIC STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, MR HENDERSON SAID THE PANEL OF VISITORS AND THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD BOTH ENDORSED THIS PROGRAMME AND THAT THE ADMINISTRATION WAS LOOKING INTO THE STAFFING AND GRADING IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROPOSAL WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THE UNIVERSITY TO INTRODUCE THIS DEGREE PROGRAMME.
HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR SUCH A PROGRAMME AND THIS MIGHT AFFECT THE TIMING OF ITS INTRODUCTION, HE SAID.
REFERRING TO CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY SOME UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS ABOUT THE HIGH COSTS OF THE STUDENT TRAVEL SCHEME RUNNING TO SOME $260 MILLION FOR THE 1984-85 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THE WIDE SCOPE OF ITS COVERAGE, MR HENDERSON SAID HE AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT HAD AGREED THAT A FURTHER REVIEW OF THE SCHEME SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT THIS YEAR.
ON MANPOWER FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE AND THE NEED TO PROVIDE STAFF WITH TRAINING ON THE PREVENTION OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY TOXIC SUBSTANCES, MR HENDERSON ASSURED MEMBERS THAT THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE WOULD BE CONTINUED AS SOON AS CIRCUMSTANCES PERMIT.
+THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER TRAINING TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND THE USE OF NEW CHEMICALS IN INDUSTRY IS APPRECIATED. ALL INSPECTORS RECEIVE BASIC TRAINING IN RECOGNISING CHEMICAL HAZARDS AND SOME HAVE RECEIVED MORE ADVANCED TRAINING OVERSEAS.
+ A WORKING PARTY HAS BEEN SET UP IN THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE TO STUDY HOW TO IMPROVE CONTROL OF THE USE AND HANDLING OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES IN INDUSTRY. SPECIALIST HELP AND ADVICE IS ALSO OBTAINED FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION AND THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST.
+MEANWHILE, REGULATIONS UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE ARE PRESENTLY BEING DRAFTED TO PROTECT WORKERS SAFETY BY REQUIRING THE PROPER STORAGE AND HANDLING OF ASBESTOS IN INDUSTRY AND BY PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF CERTAIN CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES. THESE REGULATIONS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, MR HENDERSON SAID.
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