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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1988
UNDER THESE REGULATIONS PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR WORKS
+ MOUR DEPARTMENT.
IN
ALL DEMOLITION OPERATIONS
BOTH INVOLVING ASBESTOS MUST Bk REPORTED
ALL KNOWN WORKS ARE SUBJECT TO CLOSE SURVEILLANCE BY THE THE DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE DIVISION AND THE NAL HEALTH DIVISION OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT PY REQUIREMENTS ARE OBSERVED.
PRIPTINGS ARE USUALLY HELD WITH THE COMPANIES PRIOR TO FRIENT ON THE METHODS TO BE USED AND PRECAIT LONARY MEASURES
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MI BARNES SAID THAT WHILE THE WORK WAS IN PROGRESS, FREQUENT VISITS WERE MADE TO MONITOR THE LEVEL OF ASBESTOS IN THE AIR.
"THE DEPARTMENT GIVES A HIGH PRIORITY TO THIS WORK, HE ADDED.
NTAINER HANDLING:
REVIEW OF PEGULATIONS INTENDED
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THE
THEY
COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR WILL. BE ASKED TO REVIEW TENS CONCERNING THE HANDLING OF CONTAINERS TO SEE WHETHER POPROVED IN ANY WAY, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING SEATUTORY HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, CIN RON BRIDGE, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HO SAL-CHU,
MW BRIDGE SAID THE HANDLING OF CONTAINERS WAS SUBJECT то #IES AND INDUSTRIAL
ORDINANCE AND TWO SETS
ATIONS MADE UNDER IT.
UNDERTAKINGS
IN
THE OF
"THESE ARE THE CARGO HANDLING REGULATIONS AND LIFTING APPLIANCES AND LIFTING GEAR REGULATIONS, WHICH PROVIDE FOR SUCH MATTERS AS MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT, SAFE METHODS OF OPERATION,
SAPE SAFETY
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ANG LOADS, THE PROVISION OF FIRST AID FACILITIES AND OTHER V TIONS, HE SAID.
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MR BRIDGE NOTED THAT THESE REGULATIONS DID NOT AT
HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS FOR THE STACKING OF CONTAINERS.
PRESENT
/IN ADDITION