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MR CHEN SAID THE NUMBER OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS, WHICH HAD BEEN STEADILY DECREASING SINCE 1980 AS THE RESULT OF THE. TRIPARTITE EFFORTS ON SAFETY PROMOTION BY THE GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS, ROSE SLIGHTLY LAST YEAR.
FORTUNATELY, HE SAID, THE NUMBER OF FATAL ACCIDENTS CONTINUED TO DROP, FROM 92 IN 1983 TO 70 IN 1984,
MR CHEN SAID THAT OF THE 8 000 INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS LAST YEAR, ABOUT 70 PER CENT WERE SLIGHT INJURIES RESULTED FROM MISHANDLING OF HAND TOOLS OR NEGLIGENCE BY INDIVIDUAL WORKERS.
ANOTHER FACTOR WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INCREASE OF REPORTED ACCIDENTS WAS THE INTRODUCTION IN JANUARY 1984 OF COMPULSORY INSURANCE, WHICH PROMPTED MORE WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS TO REPORT MINOR ACCIDENTS.
MR CHEN SAID THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WOULD KEEP UP WITH ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BY ORGANISING SAFETY SEMINARS, PRODUCING SAFETY APIS ON TELEVISION, POSTERS AND PAMPHLETS.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO PLANNED TO ORGANISE A SERIES OF PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS THE MUSIC WHILE YOU WORK+ RADIO PROGRAMME, TELEVISION PROGRAMMES AND SAFETY EXHIBITIONS AND CONTESTS.
MR CHEN SAID THE SAFETY PHOTO COMPETITION, ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD'S COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE SING TAO NEWSPAPER LIMITED, WAS ONE OF THE PUBLICITY EVENTS TO PROMOTE SAFETY.
AN EXHIBITION OF THE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS WILL BE HELD FOR FIVE DAYS AT THE OCEAN TERMINAL.
BOARD TO DISCUSS KWA! CHUNG PARK DEVELOPMENT
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KWAI CHUNG AND TSING YI DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 27-HECTARE KWAI CHUNG PARK WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1987 AT THEIR MEETING TOMORROW (THURSDAY).
THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS PROPOSALS FOR THE SAFETY AND MANAGEMENT OF PRIVATE ROADS WHICH HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT BY A WORKING GROUP SET UP LATE LAST YEAR.
OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE A PAPER ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD'S COMMITTEES AND QUESTIONS ON LOCAL ISSUES.
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