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MR YIP WAS ADDRESSING SOME TWO-DAY RESIDENTIAL SEMINAR IN MACAU.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1987
150 SAFETY OFFICERS
ATTENDING A
THE
EVENT
WHICH IS
AIMED AT
BNHANCING
UNDERSTANDING AND THE GOVERNMENT, CO-OPERATION BETWEEN SAFETY OFFICERS, MANAGEMENT AND
AND HEALTH IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
ASSOCIATION, THE MACAU ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL SAFETY LABOUR DEPARTMENT, AND THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
INDUSTRY, A
TO SPECIALIST OFFICER SITE OR CONSTRUCTION SITE
THE
UNDER THE REGULATIONS WHICH WOULD INITIALLY APPLY ONLY CONSTRUCTION
PRINCIPAL
OR CONTRACTOR
IS CONTRACTOR
TO REQUIRED
EMPLOY ONE REGISTERED SAFETY FULL-TIME IF HE EMPLOYS 200 OR MORE PEOPLE ON A CONSTRUCTION SITES, AND TO EMPLOY ONE SAFETY SUPERVISOR ON BACH ON WHICH HE EMPLOYS 20 OR MORE WORKERS.
BY A
WHERE SAFETY AND
"A SAFETY
HELPED OFFICER,
SAFETY SUPERVISOR APPROPRIATE, WOULD ASSIST THE PROPRIETOR IN PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF THOSE EMPLOYED," MR YIP SAID.
"HIS DUTIES WOULD INCLUDE INSPECTING PLANTS
SAFETY
ADVISING ON RISKS,
IDENTIFY
RECOMMENDATIONS ON ACCIDENT AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES.
AND EQUIPMENT TO MAKING MEASURES,
ACCIDENTS
PREVENTIVE PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATING
BE APPOINTED PERSUADE USING
"MOST IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THE SAFETY OFFICER WILL BY THE PROPRIETOR, HE WILL BE IN AN ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION TO
ON SITE AND CONVINCE OTHER EMPLOYEES
OF OF THE IMPORTANCE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND OBSERVING SAFE WORK PRACTICES."
AS FOR THE SAFETY SUPERVISOR, HIS DUTIES WILL BE TO
SUPERVISE THE OBSERVANCE STANDARDS FOR WORKERS, SAFETY STANDARDS AND PROMOTE SAFETY AT WORK.
ADVISE ON
OF
SUCH
HIS SAFETY THE PROPRIETOR WILL ALSO BE OBLIGED TO ENSURE THAT
DUTIES PROPERLY AND OFFICERS AND SAFETY SUPERVISORS CARRY OUT THEIR
WITH ALL NECESSARY TO PROVIDE THEM
ASSISTANCE AND
ΤΟ FACILITIES
ACHIEVE THIS AIM.
THE SAFETY BR
"I EXPECT THAT THIS JOINT EFFORT OF THE PROPRIETOR, OFFICER AND THE EMPLOYEES CONCERNED WORKING TOGETHER WILL PROVE TO A MORE EFFECTIVE MEANS OF ENSURING SAFETY AT WORK," MR YIP OBSERVED.
(SATURDAY) BY THE TWO-DAY SEMINAR WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED TODAY
THE THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS OF MACAU, DR ANTONIO GALHARDO SIMOES;
HANMER WEBB-PEPLOE; AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SHELL COMPANY, MR DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR HAROLD KWOK,
SAFETY
AMONG THE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED ARE PROBLEMS FACED BY OFFICERS, THE FUNCTION OF SAFETY OFFICERS FROM THE MANAGEMENT POINT OF VIEW AND THE SPIRIT OF THE SAFETY OFFICERS REGULATIONS.
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