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TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1987
DR LEE EXPRESSED HIS BELIEF THAT WITH THE MUTUAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL PIG FARMERS TO WORK OUT A PRACTICAL WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THE DIFFICULTIES COULD EVENTUALLY BE OVERCOME.
HE NOTED THAT LOCAL PIG FARMERS PRODUCED SOME 570 000 HEADS OF LIVE PIG IN 1986, VALUED AT $325 MILLION.
HE PRAISED THE FEDERATION OF PIG-RAISING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIEITIES FOR ITS ACTIVE ROLE IN PROMOTING PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PIG RAISING BUSINESS AND THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG
BUS SPREADS SAFETY MESSAGE TO WORKERS
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DESPITE INCLEMENT WEATHER, FACTORY WORKERS IN SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS TURNED UP ENTHUSIASTICALLY TO GREET THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BUS CALLING ON THEM THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING.
ON BOARD THE BUS WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METALWARE INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE, MR TSANG BUN AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ORGANISED THE BUS VISIT AS PART OF THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK PROGRAMMES. THEY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE WORKERS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SONGS WITH LYRICS SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE EVENT WERE BROADCAST FROM THE BUS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED SOUVENIR CUPS AND INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON THE SAFE HANDLING OF DANGEROUS CHEMICALS AND MACHINE GUARDING WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED.
THE BUS TOURED FIVE INDUSTRIAL AREAS THIS MORNING INCLUDING YAU TONG, KWUN TONG, SAN PO KONG, TO KWA WAN AND HUNG HOM. IT WILL CALL ON OTHER INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN TUEN MUN, TSUEN WAN, KWAI CHUNG, TAI KOK TSUI AND CHEUNG SHA WAN TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
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