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+A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COMMON GROUND HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THOSE IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WHO FROM TIME TO TIME EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS,+ HE ADDED.
HE AGREED THAT THE BUSINESSMAN SHOULD PROVIDE THE INITIATIVE, THE ENTERPRISE AND THE INVESTMENT, WHILE THE GOVERNMENT SOUGHT TO ENSURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT, THE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE SUPPORTING FACILITIES AND SERVICES WERE SUCH AS TO ENCOURAGE THE BUSINESSMAN IN HIS ENDEAVOURS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
TEXT OF MR EASON'S SPEECH WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION LATER TODAY AT THE GIS PRESS BOXES.
NEW DISTRICT OFFICERS IN SHA TIN, TAI PO
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NEW DISTRICT OFFICERS ARE TAKING UP THEIR POSTS IN SHA TIN AND TAI PO THIS MONTH.
MR LEO KWAN WING-WAH, A FORMER PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE HOUSING BRANCH, TODAY (MONDAY) TOOK OVER AS SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICER FROM MR W.K. LAM.
MR JOHN BURRETT, A FORMER ASSISTANT FINANCIAL SECRETARY OF THE FINANCE BRANCH, WILL TAKE OVER AS TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER NEXT MONDAY (JULY 21) FROM MR THOMAS CHAN,
USE OF ASBESTOS COMES UNDER CONTROL SOON
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THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ASBESTOS) SPECIAL REGULATIONS 1986 GOVERNING THE USE OF ASBESTOS IN INDUSTRY WILL COME INTO EFFECT ON AUGUST 1.
AFTER THAT DATE, THE USE OF THE TWO MOST HARMFUL KINDS OF ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE (BLUE ASBESTOS) AND AMOSITE (BROWN ASBESTOS) WILL BE PROHIBITED. SPRAYING OF MATERIALS CONTAINING ASBESTOS OF ANY KIND IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES WILL ALSO NOT BE ALLOWED.
A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE LAST FRIDAY.
THE NEW REGULATIONS AIM AT PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF WORKERS CARRYING OUT ASBESTOS PROCESSES IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS.
/+THESE PROCESSES