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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1988
TRIPARTITE EFFORTS NEEDED TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS
A LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR TODAY (SUNDAY) CALLED FOR SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
AT THE OPENING OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DAY '88 ORGANISED BY THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE (ISHC) OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD AT KO SHAN ROAD PARK, LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR, DR HENRIETTA IP, SAID INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HAD BECOME MATTER OF GROWING CONCERN AMONG THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN RECENT YEARS.
SHE SAID INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS RESULTED NOT ONLY IN LOSS OF PRODUCTION AND HEAVY COMPENSATION COSTS TO EMPLOYERS, BUT ALSO AFFECTED HEAVILY ON THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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'THEREFORE, VIGOROUS EFFORTS AMONG THE EMPLOYEES ARE ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY,
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GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS ACHIEVE SUBSTANTIAL SHE SAID.
IN THIS RESPECT, DR IP PAID TRIBUTE ΤΟ THE ISHC ORGANISED MANY SUCCESSFUL ACTIVITIES IN THE PAST YEARS SAFETY AND HEALTH.
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THESE ACTIVITIES NOT ONLY HELPED RAISE THE LOCAL INUDSTRIAL SAFETY STANDARDS BUT ALSO PROVIDED AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SHE ADDED.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY WAS THE ISHC CHAIRMAN, MR HAROLD KWOK, WHO TOLD THE GATHERING THAT THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY DAY '88 WAS AIMED AT DRIVING HOME THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MESSAGE THROUGH EXHIBITION AND ENTERTAINMENT.
HE THANKED THOSE TAKING PART IN THE EVENT FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH, HE SAID, HAD FURTHER ENHANCED THE TRIPARTITE NATURE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
THE SAFETY DAY FORMED PART OF THE 1987/88 PROMOTION ACTIVITIES.
INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
IT FEATURED SOME 50 GAMES STALLS AND EXHIBITION BOOTHS, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY POLICE PIPE AND DRUM BAND, DISC JOCKEY SHOWS AND SAFETY QUIZZES.
SERIES, SAFETY RADIO AND THE
A CONCERT TO MARK THE CONCLUSION OF THE RADIO HINTS IN INDUSTRY, JOINTLY PRODUCED BY COMMERCIAL FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, WILL BE HELD AT KO SHAN THEATRE AT 8 PM THIS (SUNDAY) EVENING.
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