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+AND IF YOU LOOK AT INSTALLATIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD YOU'LL FIND SIMILAR SORTS OF SITUATIONS IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, HE SAID.
ON THE SAFETY OF EXISTING PLANTS, SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THE MOBIL INSTALLATION ON TSING YI ISLAND WAS A CASE IN POINT.
+ IN THAT INSTALLATION, THE OPERATORS OF THE INSTALLATION THEMSELVES HAVE INSTALLED A NUMBER OF NEW FEATURES IN THE PLANT WHICH ADD TO THE SAFETY OF THAT PLANT.
+THIS IS WHAT I MEAN, HE SAID. +WHEN THERE IS NEW TECHNOLOGY, A NEW DEVICE, THEN WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS OUR OPERATORS INSTALL ING THOSE DEVICES, AND I'M QUITE SATISFIED THAT THEY ARE IN FACT DOING THIS.
+THEY ARE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY.+
+AND IF YOU NOTICE IN THIS PLANT TODAY, IF YOU LISTEN TO MR GOODCHILD'S (COLIN GOODCHILD, PRESIDENT OF DOW CHEMICAL PACIFIC LTD) SPEECH, THIS PLANT HAS NOW OPERATED FOR ONE MILLION HOURS. WITHOUT ONE HOUR OF DOWN TIME BECAUSE OF INJURY OR ACCIDENT..
+NOW THAT IS REMARKABLE, NOT ONE HOUR OF DOWN TIME IN A MILLION. HOURS.+
IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION, SIR DAVID SAID HE DOUBTED IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONSULTANTS ON HAZARDOUS INSTALLATIONS WOULD BE MADE PUBLIC BECAUSE THEY CONTAINED A LOT OF PRIVATE COMMERCIAL INFORMATION.
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THE +PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN EXPANDING HONG KONG'S TRADE AND INDUSTRY IF THOSE INVOLVED REMAIN ALERT TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND NEW MACHINERY, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SIR DAVID WAS SPEAKING AT A CELEBRATION MARKING THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DOW CHEMICAL PACIFIC LIMITED'S POLYSTYRENE PLANT ON TSING YI.
/HE DESCRIBED
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