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FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1987
AS A RESULT, THE DEPARTMENT HAD TAKEN OUT 1 677 PROSECUTIONS AGAINST INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS FOR BREACHES OF VARIOUS SAFETY REGULATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT IT WAS WELL RECOGNISED THAT ENFORCEMENT ALONE WAS FAR FROM ADEQUATE TO PRODUCE LASTING EFFECTS IN IMPROVING STANDARDS OF SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK.
+THE DEPARTMENT IS, THEREFORE, CONSTANTLY AWARE OF THE NEED TO PROVIDE EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY FOR THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY,+ MR YIP SAID.
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE OF THE DEPARTMENT ORGANISED A WIDE VARIETY OF FREE TRAINING COURSES FOR EMPLOYERS, MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND WORKERS.
+ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT'S. PROGRAMME OF PROMOTING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IS PUBLICITY.+
+ INCREASING EMPHASIS IS NOW BEING PLACED ON MAKING USE OF THE MEDIA SUCH AS TELEVISION AND RADIO SHOWS, EXHIBITIONS AND SEMINARS TO CONVEY THE MESSAGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TO THE PUBLIC, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, MR YIP STRESSED THAT ALL THESE MEASURES BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WERE STILL NOT SUFFICIENT TO ENSURE A HIGH STANDARD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND A LOW ACCIDENT RATE.
+ IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE ANY SUBSTANTIAL AND LASTING IMPROVEMENT IN THIS IMPORTANT FIELD, BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES MUST BE COMMITTED TO FULFILLING THEIR RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES.+
SAID.
+IN SHORT, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IS A TRIPARTITE MATTER,+ HE
IN ORDER TO INCULCATE IN INDUSTRY THIS TRIPARTITE RESPONSIBILITY, HE SAID, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN PROMOTING IN THE PAST YEARS A VOLUNTARY SAFETY MOVEMENT THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE AND ITS SIX INDUSTRY-BASED SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEES UNDER THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD.
+WE HAVE SINCE SUCCESSFULLY LAID DOWN THE FOUNDATION WORK AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE MOMENTUM WE HAVE GAINED SO FAR.+
*I AM CONFIDENT THAT WITH OUR CONTINUED CO-OPERATION AND COMMITMENT. WE SHALL BE ABLE TO MAKE STEADY PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, MR YIP ADDED.
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