SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1986
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THE SUB-COMMITTEES ARE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, TEXTILES, PLASTICS, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPREPAIRING, METALWARE, AND ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES.
ALL THESE SUB-COMMITTEES ARE TRIPARTITE IN NATURE, COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS, WORKERS' UNIONS AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
THEIR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO BRING TOGETHER THOSE IN INDUSTRY TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT IN REDUCING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG.
IN THE PAST YEARS, MR TONGSON SAID, NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN ORGANISED BY THESE COMMITTEES TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. THESE INCLUDED SEMINARS, FORUMS, SAFETY QUIZ COMPETITIONS, EXHIBITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION AWARD SCHEMES.
TO SUSTAIN EFFORTS MADE SO FAR AND TO MARK THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CISAP, AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK WILL BE HELD IN MARCH NEXT YEAR.
THE WEEK WILL BE PACKED WITH A SERIES OF IMAGINATIVE AND INTERESTING PROGRAMMES AND DETAILS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SHORTLY.
MR TONGSON EXPRESSED HOPES THAT WITH A WIDE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THESE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. THE MESSAGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WOULD BE SPREAD TO EVERY CORNER.
CREDIT UNIONS PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE
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THE CREDIT UNION MOVEMENT HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN HONG KONG, BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
+ THE SERVICES WHICH CREDIT UNIONS OFFER TO THEIR MEMBERS IN TERMS OF CONVENIENCE OF CREDIT FACILITIES AND LOW INTEREST RATES CAN HARDLY BE FOUND IN ANY OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, HE SAID.
→THE FACT THAT A CREDIT UNION CAN GIVE MEMBERS A MEASURE OF DIGNITY AND RESPECT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN RARELY BE FOUND IN OTHER DIMENSIONS OF A SOCIETY.
DR LEE WAS ADDRESSING, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE REGISTRAR OF CREDIT UNIONS, A DINNER RECEPTION HELD TO CELEBRATE THE 1986 INTERNATIONAL CREDIT UNION DAY.
/+THE CREDIT