SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1987
A MEDICAL THE COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY DR LEONG CHE-HUNG,
CHAN, CHRISTOPHER
SOLICITOR; MR DOCTOR. MEMBERS INCLUDE MR
JIMBON PSYCHOLOGIST; DR CONRAD LAM, CHAN, SOCIAL WORKER; DR FANNY CHEUNG,
OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER; MRS PEGGY LAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PLANNING
AND ASSOCIATION HONG KONG FAMILY
DISTRICT
BOARD MEMBER; THE ATTORNEY
DR LAW CHI-LIM, GYNAECOLOGIST; AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM GENERAL'S CHAMBERS, MEDICAL WELFARE BRANCH.
AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HEALTH AND
THE ISSUES THE
COMMITTEE IS
TO DISCUSS EXPECTED
INITIALLY
WOULD INCLUDE COMMERCIAL SURROGACY AND WHETHER LICENSING REQUIREMENTS ADDITION ΤΟ THE ARE NEEDED TO CONTROL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD, IN CODE OF PRACTICE ALREADY IN PLACE.
ENOUGH TRAINED SAFETY OFFICERS. TO MEET DEMAND
THERE SHOULD BE AN ADEQUATE POOL OF TRAINED SAFETY OFFICERS WHEN THE FACTORIES AND SAFETY SUPERVISORS AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYMENT
SAFETY SUPERVISORS} AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (SAFETY OFFICERS AND
THIS YEAR, THE CHIEF REGULATIONS COME INTO OPERATION ON DECEMBER 1
MR DEPARTMENT,
YIP YUK-LUN, FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE
SAID
TODAY (SATURDAY).
LABOUR
786 AT THE HONG KONG TRAINING
CITING STATISTICS, MR YIP SAID THAT SINCE 1979, A TOTAL OF
SAFETY HAD COMPLETED
OFFICER COURSES PEOPLE POLYTECHNIC AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.
AUTHORITY'S
IN ADDITION, SOME 200 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE CURRENT ACADEMIC YEAR.
THE
TRAINING
PERSONS 12,000
WHO HAVE BY THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND
ON TOP OF THESE FIGURES ARE COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION SAFETY COURSES RUN TRAINING CENTRE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT OR ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF A SAFETY SUPERVISOR.
THERE WERE ABOUT
HE ALSO NOTED THAT AS AT THE END OF JUNE THIS YEAR, ABOUT 100 CONSTRUCTION SITES EMPLOYING 200 WORKERS OR MORE, AND 800 SITES EMPLOYING 20 WORKERS OR MORE.
THAT THE
"I AM THEREFORE CONFIDENT
AVAILABILITY OF TRAINED SAFETY OFFICERS AND SAFETY SUPERVISORS WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS
WHICH THE REGULATIONS,
REFLECT THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH IN INDUSTRY,
OF
ΤΟ
H
MR YIP SAID.
/MA YIP