WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988
REFRAIN FROM
"AN EMPLOYEE MUST USE THE PROTECTIVE CLOTHING OR EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER IN A PROPER MANNER AND HE MUST EATING, DRINKING OR SMOKING IN A WORKROOM IN WHICH DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCES ARE USED.
A DANGEROUS
SUBSTANCE
WHERE "THE REGULATIONS WILL APPLY PRESENT IN A SPECIFIED INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING IN CONNECTION INDUSTRIAL PROCESS OR OPERATION, HE SAID.
+
231 THE FIRST SCHEDULE LISTED
KONG.
19
WITH AN
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES COMMONLY USED IN INDUSTRY IN HONG
THEY WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO
EXPANDED IN SEVEN TYPES OF BASIC RISK. THE LIST COULD BE
FUTURE BY NOTICE IN THE GAZETTE, AS NECESSARY.
STANDARD
SYMBOLS ADOPTED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS CODE WERE USED FOR THE SEVEN TYPES OF RISK. FORTY-NINE
AND RISK DESCRIPTIONS
46 STANDARDISED SAFETY DESCRIPTIONS WERE PRESCRIBED IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH SCHEDULES.
AND ENGLISH, THE THE RISK DESCRIPTION AND A STANDARD SYMBOL
ALL LABELS HAD TO CONTAIN, IN CHINESE CHEMICAL NAME OR COMMON NAME OF THE SUBSTANCE; AND SAFETY CLASSIFICATION OF THE INDICATING THE BASIC RISK.
SUBSTANCE;
BY A
"THE MAXIMUM PENALTIES PRESCRIBED FOR OFFENCES COMMITTED
RANGE PROPRIETOR
FROM $20,000 TO $30,000 WHILE THOSE FOR OFFENCES BY AN EMPLOYEE ARE $10,000.
"SOME EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES HAVE SUGGESTED UNFAIR TO MAKE EMPLOYEES LIABLE UNDER THE REGULATIONS,
THAT IT IS
"IT IS OUR FIRM VIEW THAT BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES MUST
HE SAID. SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING SAFETY AT WORK,
"
BRIDGE SAID MR
THE LABELLING SYSTEM PROPOSED IN THE IN REGULATIONS WAS IN LINE WITH THE METHOD USED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THE CLASSIFICATION, PACKAGING AND LABELLING
DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES REGULATIONS 1984.
OF
THESE FOLLOWED UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS AND WERE COMMONLY USED IN EEC COUNTRIES.
AT PRESENT
"SOME DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES IMPORTED FROM OVERSEAS MAY USE A HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LABELLING SYSTEM. DUE ALLOWANCE FOR THIS MADE IN THE PROPOSED REGULATION 7(A), WHICH PROVIDES FOR EXEMPTION
ARE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WHERE THE PARTICULARS IN THE LABELS THOSE PRESCRIBED, HE SAID.
AS
/MR BRIDGE