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MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1987
MR MAK WAS SPEAKING AT THE PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE "CONTAINER COMPANIES SAFETY AWARD" AND THE "SPREADER DESIGN" COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY THE CENTRAL CONTAINER HANDLING SAFETY COMMITTEE TODAY.
HE SAID THERE WAS A WIDELY-HELD BELIEF AMONG EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES OF "A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN TRODUCTIVITY AND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY".
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AND THAT IS: IF YOU WANT SPEED, YOU HAVE TO CUT CORNERS; IF WANT HIGH PRODUCTIVITY, YOU CANNOT USE SAFE BUT ELABORATE PROCEDURES.
YOU
"PRODUCTIVITY HAS OFTEN BEEN USED AS SAFETY," HE ADDED.
AN EXCUSE FOR IGNORING
THE
TURNING TO STATISTICS, MR MAK SAID INDUSTRY HAD REGISTERED 387 ACCIDENTS IN 1985 AND DECREASING TREND HAS CONTINUED THIS YEAR.
CONTAINER HANDLING 201 IN 1986. THE
"YOU ACHIEVED THIS DRASTIC DROP IN ACCIDENT WHILE HONG KONG MOVED FROM THE THIRD TO THE SECOND BUSIEST CONTAINER PORT OF THE WORLD.
"YOUR INDUSTRY BEARS LIVING TESTIMONY TO THE HAPPY UNION OF PRODUCTIVITY AND SAFETY, MR MAK SAID.
HE CALLED ON THOSE CONCERNED то CONTINUE ΤΟ WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING AND MAINTAINING SAFETY AS "SAFETY IS NOT A STATIC CONDITION".
SAFETY
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL CONTAINER HANDLING COMMITTEE, MR A. MILLIKEN, SAID THE PRIZE PRESENTATION ALSO MARKED THE CONCLUSION OF THE COMMITTEE'S YEAR-LONG SAFETY CAMPAIGN то PROMOTE AN AWARENESS OF SAFETY WITHIN THE CONTAINER HANDLING INDUSTRY.
ACTIVITIES ORGANISED DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS INCLUDED A SLOGAN COMPETITION, A LOGO COMPETITION AND
POSTER DESIGN
COMPETITION.
THE FIRST AND SECOND PRIZES IN THE CONTAINER COMPANIES SAFETY AWARD COMPETITION WENT TO THE HK INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS LIMITED AND THE FAT KEE STEVEDORES LIMITED RESPECTIVELY.
THE WINNER OF THE SPREADER DESIGN COMPETITION WAS MR SVEN-OLOF LUNDGERN WHO HAS SPECIALLY FLOWN IN FROM AUSTRALIA TO RECEIVE HIS AWARD, AND THE FIRST RUNNER-UP WAS MR K.K. LO FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND MARINE ENGINEERING, HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
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