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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1989
IT COMPRISED THREE CONTESTS
THE "WHAT'S WRONG IN THE PICTURE" IQ SAFETY CONTEST. THE SAFETY SITE CONTEST AND THE OUTSTANDING SAFETY SUPERVISOR CONTEST.
THE CHAMPION OF THE IQ SAFETY CONTEST, MR WONG SIU-MAN, WAS AWARDED A TRAVEL COUPON WORTH $4,000 WHILE THE FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS-UP, MR LEUNG YU-SHUN AND MR OR MAN-YU, WERE GIVEN A TRAVEL COUPON WORTH $3,000 AND $2,000 RESPECTIVELY. IN ADDITION, EACH WAS GIVEN $700 CASH.
THE WINNERS OF THE SAFETY SITE CONTEST WERE MANFIELD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD. YAU LEE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.,
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GAMMON CONSTRUCTION LTD., AND CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO. LTD. THE COMPANIES WERE PRESENTED WITH ROAST PIGS SYMBOLISING SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION WORK.
AS FOR THE OUTSTANDING SAFETY SUPERVISOR CONTEST, THE AWARDS WENT TO MR TAM WAI-SHING, MR LEE YAT-MING AND MR LAM PING-FAN, AND EACH WAS AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL AND A PAIR OF SAFETY BOOTS.
THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF CONSOLATION PRIZES IN EACH CONTEST.
THE AWARDS AND SOUVENIRS WERE PRESENTED RESPECTIVELY BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR TAM YIU-CHUNG; THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR,
TONY HAMMOND: THE PRESIDENT OF THE HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION, MR K.L. CHONG; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE, MR PETER NIE.
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MARCH ORDERS-ON-HAND. EMPLOYMENT AND PAYROLL FIGURES RELEASED
THE ORDERS POSITION IN MARCH 1989 AS REPORTED BY THE 200 LARGEST MANUFACTURING COMPANIES INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1989 AND MARCH 1988 RESPECTIVELY. ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
COMPARING MARCH 1989 WITH FEBRUARY 1989, THE AVERAGE VOLUME ORDERS-ON-HAND INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE TEXTILES INDUSTRY, ΤΟ A LESSER EXTENT IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
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THE ORDERS POSITION SHOWED A MODEST INCREASE IN THE WEARING APPAREL INDUSTRY. BUT WAS MORE OR LESS UNCHANGED IN THE FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS AND THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES.
WHEN COMPARED