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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986
HEALTH EDUCATION ON GENERAL EYE CARE WAS CARRIED OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS IN SCHOOLS, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PROFESSIONAL BODIES AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
IN ADDITION, MR SHIPMAN SAID, THE HEALTH EDUCATION SYLLABUS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS INCLUDED A STUDY OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE EYES AND THEIR CARE.
+PUPILS ARE MADE AWARE OF SUITABLE LIGHTING CONDITIONS FOR WORK, OF THE SUITABLE DISTANCE OF TEXTBOOKS FROM THE EYES, AND OF PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE WHEN WATCHING TELEVISION.+
HE SAID THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAD ISSUED A CIRCULAR TO HEADS OF SCHOOLS IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR WHICH PROVIDED DETAILED ADVICE ON WAYS OF ENSURING THAT PUPILS WERE NOT SUBJECTED TO ANY UNDUE EYESTRAIN,
+THIS CIRCULAR STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER LIGHTING BOTH IN SCHOOL AND AT HOME AND GIVES ADVICE ON THE TYPE AND SIZE OF PRINT TO BE USED IN TEXTBOOKS, ON THE PREVENTION OF EYE ACCIDENTS AND ON PERSONAL HYGIENĖ.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE LIGHT IN SCHOOLS AND THE USE OF TEXTBOOKS WITH PRINT OF A SUITABLE TYPE AND SIZE WERE ALSO STIPULATED IN THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS.
FINANCING OF SAFETY COUNCIL UNDER STUDY ****
METHODS FOR COLLECTING A LEVY FOR FINANCING AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL ARE BEING EXPLORED BY THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION SET UP UNDER THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON NEIL HENDERSON, SAID THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN, WHO HAD ASKED ABOUT PROGRESS MADE IN ESTABLISHING SUCH A COUNCIL.
MR HENDERSON SAID THAT WHEN THE METHOD OF COLLECTING THE PROPOSED LEVY AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES WERE RESOLVED, HE EXPECTED THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD PRESENT ITS VIEWS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF LABOUR, WHO WOULD CONSULT THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AND RELEVANT ORGANISATIONS BEFORE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
/BE SAID