SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1986
GOVERNOR TO RETURN ON TUESDAY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG FROM PEKING ON TUESDAY (SEPTEMBER 2).
HE WILL BE ARRIVING ON FLIGHT CX331, ETA 9.45 PM.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PHOTOGRAPHIC FACILITY WILL BE ARRANGED FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S RETURN ON TUESDAY. THEY SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE AIRPORT PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM BY 8.55 PM.
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
SAFE USE OF BOILERS STRESSED
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT REMINDED FACTORY OWNERS OF THE LAW GOVERNING THE SAFE OPERATION OF BOILERS AND OTHER TYPES OF PRESSURE EQUIPMENT.
THE PRINCIPAL SURVEYOR OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PRESSURE EQUIPMENT DIVISION, MR M.R. MIRZA, SAID THAT DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 1 616 INSPECTIONS OF BOILERS AND STEAM RECEIVERS IN FACTORIES WAS CARRIED OUT COMPARED WITH 788 IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
THE INSPECTIONS LED TO 151 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST OWNERS FOR BREACHING THE VARIOUS REGULATIONS OF THE BOILERS AND PRESSURE RECEIVERS ORDINANCE AND RESULTED IN FINES AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN $191 000,
+MOST OF THE OFFENCES RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF BOILERS WITHOUT THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF A COMPETENT PERSON WHO IS IN POSSESSION OF A CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY ISSUED BY THE DIVISION, MR MIRZA SAID.
+AS BOILERS AND PRESSURE EQUIPMENT ARE USUALLY INSTALLED IN PREMISES WHERE THERE IS A LARGE GATHERING OF PEOPLE AT MOST TIME OF THE DAY. ANY INCORRECT OPERATION OR POOR UPKEEP OF THESE BOILERS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND RESULT IN HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.+
HE NOTED