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WEDNESDAY, HOVIMOBER 19, 1986
QUOTING FIGURES SUPPLIED BY THE FACTORY INSPECTORS UNION IN 1985, SHE SAID SOME OF THESE FACTORIES WOULD NOT EVEN BE INSPECTED ONCE IN FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND SHE CONSIDERED SUCH FREQUENCY.TO BE RIDICULOUSLY LOW+,
DR IP URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE PROPOSAL TO SET UP AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL TO PROMOTE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY IN BOTH THE INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL SECTORS.
SHE SAID IF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD GAVE ITS SUPPORT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH A COUNCIL AT ITS MEETING NEXT MONTH, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TREAT THE MATTER WITH URGENCY.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL ADVOCATED *****
THE GOVERNMENT WAS URGED BY THE HON HILTON CHEONG-LEEN TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL (OSHC) BY 1987.
SPEAKING DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID PROPOSALS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OSHC WOULD BE PUT TO THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD NEXT MONTH AND HE HOPED THEY WOULD BE FAVOURABLY CONSIDERED.
HE SAID THE IDEA FOR SUCH A COUNCIL WAS ENDORSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN 1984 AND A WORKING PARTY FORMED THERE AFTER RECOMMENDED IN JULY 1985 THAT THE OSHC BE ESTABLISHED AS A STATUTORY BODY BY 1987.
+1 HOPE THE ADMINISTRATION CAN STICK TO THIS TIME-TABLE,+
HE SAID.
MR CHEONG-LEEN SAID OSHC MEMBERS SHOULD COMPRISE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES.
+ITS OVERALL OBJECTIVE SHOULD BE THE PROMOTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, AND IT SHOULD DEVELOP A FULL RANGE OF ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TRAINING AND EDUCATION, PROMOTION IN RESEARCH IN MATTERS RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.
+IN DUE COURSE, PERHAPS ANNUAL AWARDS COULD BE GIVEN TO THOSE INDUSTRIAL FIRMS THAT CONTRIBUTED MOST TO THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MOVEMENT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, HE SAID.
/IN ADDITION,