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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1987
ANNOUNCING DETAILS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (TUESDAY) THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR YIU YAN-NANG, SAID THIS WOULD BE THE LARGEST INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ACTIVITY EVER SEEN IN HONG KONG IN TERMS OF MANPOWER AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
+FROM THE PLANNING STAGE TO THE FINALISING OF THE PROGRAMMES THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK HAS THE ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
+ACTIVITIES RANGE FROM FUN FAIR, EXHIBITION, PUBLICITY MESSAGES ON PARADE THROUGH DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORT, QUIZZES, COMPETITIONS AND A VARIETY SHOW.
+THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE IS PARTICULARLY HONOURED TO HAVE THE CONSENT OF TEN OMELCO MEMBERS INCLUDING SIR S.Y. CHUNG TO BE THE PATRONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK,+ HE SAID.
MR YIU ALSO STRESSED THE NEED FOR TRIPARTITE RESPONSIBILITY. HE NOTED THAT FOR ANY SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TO BE MADE, THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WAS A FUNDAMENTAL PRE- REQUISITE.
TO REFLECT THIS POLICY, MEMBERS OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE WERE DRAWN FROM THE SIX INDUSTRY-BASED SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEES UNDER THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION, TEXTILES, PLASTICS, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP-REPAIRING, METALWARE AND ELECTRONICS, IN ORGANISING THESE ACTIVITIES.
THE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT
MR YIP YUK-LUN, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR CHAN SHUN-TAI, WERE ALSO PRESENT AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TO PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE WEEK'S EVENT.
THE INDUSTRICAL SAFETY WEEK WOULD BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY SIR S.Y. CHUNG ON MARCH 14 AT THE HONG KONG BANK BUILDING GROUND FLOOR PLAZA IN CENTRAL.
A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS WERE BEING ORGANISED AS RUN-UP EVENTS TO THIS PROMOTIONAL EFFORT INCLUDING AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AMBASSADOR AWARD SCHEME LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR; A COMPUTER SOFTWARE DESIGN COMPETITION AND AN EXHIBITION OF WINNING ENTRIES OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY STUDENT POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION AT THE TSUEN WAN MTR STATION CONCOURSE FROM MARCH 16 TO 20.
/IN ADDITION,