SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1989
ON
THE BASIC
INDUSTRIAL
ACCIDENT
OF THESE COURSES, THE ONE PREVENTION WAS MOST WELCOMED, WITH 585 WORKERS ATTENDING 16 CLASSES.
"OTHER CLASSES WELL RECEIVED INCLUDED THOSE ON MANUAL LIFTING AND HANDLING AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL SAFETY.
ON
ADVISED "IN VIEW OF THE FAVOURABLE RESPONSE. EMPLOYEES ARE
POSSIBLE, APPLY FOR ENROLMENT THROUGH THEIR EMPLOYERS AS EARLY AS PLACES WILL BE ALLOCATED
A
BASIS, FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED SPOKESMAN SAID.
ΤΟ
AS
"I
THE
"ALL THE SAFETY COURSES ARE ADMISSIONS ARE FREE.
CONDUCTED IN CANTONESE
AND
11
PROSPECTUS AND APPLICATION FORMS ARE CENTRE ON THE 13TH FLOOR, HARBOUR BUILDING, CENTRAL.
OBTAINABLE FROM
THE
PREPARES
OF
VARIOUS COLOUR
APART FROM TRAINING COURSES, THE CENTRE ALSO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING PACKAGES WHICH CONSIST TRANSPARENCIES, SOUND-ON-SLIDE AND VIDEO TAPES.
THESE PACKAGES WHICH ARE ON LOAN TO THE PUBLIC, COVERS SAFETY, ELECTRICAL SAFETY, WORKING AT HEIGHT AND CRANE SAFETY.
CAISSON
ENQUIRIES ON THE TRAINING PACKAGES CAN BE MADE OR AT 5-8523563 AND 5-8523565.
AT THE
CENTRE
POLICE NEGOTIATORS MORE IN DEMAND
* * * * *
A MAN STOOD OUTSIDE THE RAILING ON A 21ST FLOOR CORRIDOR OF A
•HOUSING BLOCK IN TSUEN WAN, THREATENING TO JUMP AND, DEMANDING HIS GIRL FRIEND.
MAN WAS PERSUADED BACK TO SAFETY AND EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CARE.
FOUR HOURS LATER THE
TO SEE TO CLIMB
THAT TRAGEDY WAS AVERTED IN A HIGHLY CHARGED EMOTIONAL SITUATION DUE LARGELY TO THE SKILL AND
MEMBERS OF THE
POLICE NEGOTIATOR CADRE.
PATIENCE OF
AND TRAINED TO DEAL WITH CRIMINAL OR HOSTAGE TAKING SITUATIONS
THE OTHER LIFE THREATENING INCIDENTS
NEGOTIATORS ARE FACED MOSTLY HIGH WITH DOMESTIC PROBLEMS RESULTING IN SUICIDE THREATS AND WOULD-BE RISE JUMPERS .
SOMETIMES THE SYMPATHETIC
POLICE OFFICER
SHARING A ROOFTOP FRIENDLY WITH AN EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED PERSON FAILS AND LONG HOURS OF PERSUASION END IN TRAGEDY.
BUT IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES THE PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEGOTIATORS SUCCEEDS WITH A HAPPIER OUTCOME FOR ALL CONCERNED.
/LAST YEAR