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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1987
SPECIAL TEAM SET UP TO INVESTIGATE TUNNEL ACCIDENT
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS SET UP A FOUR-MAN INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF A FATAL ACCIDENT AT A CONSTRUCTION JUNK BAY ON TUESDAY (JULY 7).
TEAM
TO
SITE IN
RESULTING
THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE INSIDE A WATER SUPPLY TUNnel IN ONE WORKER KILLED AND ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED BY A RUNAWAY PRESSCRETE LOADED WITH CONCRETE.
THE TEAM, LED BY A DIVISIONAL FACTORY INSPECTOR, WILL LOOK INTO ALL POSSIBILITIES LEADING TO THE ACCIDENT AND COLLECT EVIDENCE FROM BOTH THE MANAGEMENT AND THE WORKERS WORKING INSIDE THE TUNNEL AT THAT TIME.
IT IS EXPECTED THAT INVESTIGATION WILL TAKE ABOUT A MONTH TO
COMPLETE.
UPON COMPLETION, A FULL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CORONER'S COURT FOR CONSIDERATION.
CALL TO DIVERSIFY SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
IT IS VITAL TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A GOOD SUPPLY OF YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL KNOW-HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL INDUSTRY ON WHICH THE PROSPERITY OF HONG
OF KONG WOULD HINGE, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, MR CHAN KAM-CHUEN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE GRANTHAM, NORTHCOTE, AND SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE AT THE SHATIN TOWN HALL, MR CHAN SAID THERE WAS A NEED TO DIVERSIFY THE CURRICULUM OF SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.
"THE AVAILABILITY OF MORE PRACTICAL COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS IN SCHOOLS WILL BETTER FACILITATE STUDENTS LESS ACADEMICALLY ORIENTED TO ENROL AT A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OR A POLYTECHNIC AFTER THEY HAVE COMPLETED FORM 3 OR FORM 5," MR CHAN SAID.
NOTING A CENTRE HAD BEEN SET UP BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST SEPTEMBER TO PROMOTE PRACTICAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MR CHAN SAID THE CENTRE PROVIDED PRACTICAL AND TECHNICAL FACILITIES FOR SCHOOLS FOR THE TRAINING OF DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY. HOME ECONOMICS, ART AND DESIGN.
MR CHAN HOPED THAT STUDENTS COULD BE ABLE TO LEARN THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO COPE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND THE RAPIDLY CHANGING SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
/HE ADVISED