SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1988
AND
IN THE PROCESS, THEY COULD RELAX FROM THE PRESSURE OF WORK
IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL LIFE, DEVELOP THEIR INTERESTS IN GOOD HOBBIES,
LEARN HOW TO INTERACT WITH OTHER AND PHYSICAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS PEOPLE, THEREBY EXTENDING THEIR SOCIAL CIRCLES, HE ADDED.
MR CHAU COMMENDED THE HONG KONG PHAB ASSOCIATION FOR WORKING THE INTEGRATION OF THE ON THE BASIS OF THESE PRINCIPLES TO PROMOTE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND
NON-DISABLED THROUGH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THE
SOCIAL AND
FEWER ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SUMMER JOB WORKERS
THE
NUMBER
OF
ACCIDENTS INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS SHOWED A SLIGHT DECREASE THIS YEAR.
AT
INVOLVING
SUMMER
JOB
COMPARED
41
AGED BETWEEN 16 WITH
IN THE
DURING THE SUMMER VACATION, 35 YOUNG WORKERS
WHILE 19 WERE INJURED CORRESPONDING PERIOD LAST YEAR.
AND
WORK,
ACCIDENTS TO THE
A BREAKDOWN OF THIS YEAR'S STATISTICS SHOWED THAT 21 INVOLVED THE OPERATION OF MACHINERY AND THE REST WERE RELATED
SUBSTANCES, STEPPING ON OR STRIKING HANDLING OF HOT OR CORROSIVE OBJECTS, HANDLING WITHOUT MACHINERY AND USE OF HAND TOOLS,
A PLASTIC A 17-YEAR-OLD WORKER HAD FOUR OF HIS FINGERS CUT BY
BUT THE OTHERS SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJECTION MOULDING MACHINE, INJURIES.
AS
FIVE
TAKEN
THE OUT A
SUMMONSES WERE RESULT,
AGAINST UNDER THE FACTORTES AND EMPLOYERS FOR BREACHING VARIOUS PROVISIONS
PENDING EBARING INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE. THE CASES ARE NOW BY THE COURTS.
FACTORY INSPECTOR OF COMMENTING ON THE STATISTICS, THE CHIEF
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED
TO THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR YIP YUK-LUN, SAID
STILL
CONVENIENT FOUND IT
ΤΟ SEE THAT SO MANY EMPLOYERS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WORK SUCH AS OPERATING MACHINERY TO WORKERS.
"OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO CONTINUE OUR PUBLICITY AS TO STRENGTHEN OUR ENFORCEMENT ACTION NEXT YEAR,
DELEGATS NON-SKILLED
EFFORTS
** HR SAID.
AS WELL
VACATION STARTED THIS
YEAR, FECHNICAL INDUSTRIAL
HE NOTED THAT BEFORE THE SUMMER
41 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND FACTORY INSPECTORS HAD VISITED
TALKS ON INSTITUTES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO DELIVER SAFETY TO OVER 100,000 STUDENTS.
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