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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1987
COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR SEES APPAREL MANUFACTURING
* *
LTD.,
THIS
AN
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, SPENT (MONDAY) AFTERNOON VISITING THE REGATEX MANUFACTURERS APPAREL MANUFACTURING FACTORY, IN KWAI CHUNG.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE COMPANY'S DIRECTOR, MR AMPERE CHU, AND THE PERSONNEL MANAGER, MR JAMES TSE, MR HAMMOND TOURED THE VARIOUS PARTS AND WORK PROCESSES OF THE FACTORY WHICH PRODUCE RELATIVELY HIGH-PRICED LADIES' FASHION, TROUSERS, RAINCOATS, OUTERWEAR AND CHILDREN'S WEAR FOR THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN MARKETS.
HE LEARNT THAT THE COMPANY MAINTAINED GOOD LABOUR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS AND THAT THE TURN-OVER RATE OF THE 1,000 STRONG WORKFORCE MORE WAS VERY LOW WITH MANY WORKERS HAVING WORKED FOR THE COMPANY FOR THAN FIVE YEARS.
STAFF
TOOK MR HAMMOND ALSO
THE OPPORTUNITY ΤΟ DISCUSS WITH THE MANAGEMENT A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS, INCLUDING LABOUR SHORTAGE, WELFARE AND LABOUR LEGISLATION.
TODAY'S VISIT WAS PART OF A CONTINUOUS PROGRAMME TO KEEP THE
IN DEVELOPMENTS COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR ABREAST WITH THE LATEST LOCAL INDUSTRIAL AND LABOUR SCENE.
THE
SCHOOLS URGED TO LABEL HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS
SCHOOLS,
THE
SELF-ADHESIVE IDENTIFY
THE
ΤΟ FURTHER PROMOTE LABORATORY SAFETY IN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS ISSUING TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS
BEARING HAZARD WARNING CONTAINER LABELS
то SYMBOLS HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES OF CHEMICALS STORED IN SCHOOLS.
LABELS EACH SCHOOL WILL RECEIVE 20 SETS OF THE
TOGETHER WITH PAMPHLET ON "SAFETY IN SCIENCE COPIES OF THE REVISED EDITION OF A LABORATORIES" IN BOTH ENGLISH" AND CHINESE.
OF
THE SYMBOLS ON THE LABELS CLASSIFY THE HAZARDOUS PROPERTIES CHEMICALS INTO
RIGHT
CATEGORIES,
NAMELY
CARCINOGEN, CORROSIVE, EXPLOSIVE, FLAMMABLE, HARMFUL, IRRITANT, OXIDISING AND TOXIC NATURE.
"CLEAR AND EXACT LABELLING, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND REGULAR RESULTING FROM THE INSPECTION ARE ESSENTIAL IN MINIMISING ACCIDENTS STORAGE OR HANDLING OF CHEMICALS OF A HAZARDOUS NATURE, FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
A SPOKESMAN
THE PAMPHLET
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