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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1989
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ALSO DURING THE MONTH, THE OFFICE ISSUED 19 OCCUPATION PERMITS. 14 FOR HONG KONG, FOUR FOR KOWLOON AND 31 FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION,
AFFECTING 42 BUILDINGS.
THE OFFICE
29 ISSUED
THE CONTROL AND ENFORCEMENT DIVISION
DEMOLITION
CONSENTS
RECEIVED
734 COMPLAINTS
224
ON ILLEGAL BUILDING WORKS, CARRIED OUT 828 INSPECTIONS AND ISSUED REMOVAL ORDERS.
THE DANGEROUS BUILDINGS SECTION INSPECTED 539 BUILDINGS.
DANGEROUS CHEMICALS MUST BE LABELLED
*
A
DEPARTMENT LABOUR
ALL
DANGEROUS LISTED
PROSECUTED.
PROPRIETORS OF INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS OF THEIR
LABEL
TODAY SPOKESMAN
LEGAL OBLIGATION SUBSTANCES, OTHERWISE THEY
{FRIDAY} REMINDED
ΤΟ MAY BE
CASE IN WHICH A CONSTRUCTION COURT RECENT THIS FOLLOWS A COMPANY WAS FINED FOR FAILURE TO LABEL A CONTAINER HOLDING KEROSENE, WHICH IS CLASSIFIED UNDER FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE IN THE FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS.
A CONSTRUCTION THE KEROSENE WAS FOUND IN A STOREROOM AT IN KWAI CHUNG DURING AN INSPECTION BY FACTORY INSPECTORS EARLIER YEAR.
THE PROPRIETOR OF THE COMPANY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY WAS FINED $3,000 BY A TSUEN WAN MAGISTRATE.
AND
SITE
THIS
PROSECUTED
AND
AND EVERY LABELLED IN
THE FACTORIES UNDER THAT EXPLAINED SPOKESMAN THE
REGULATIONS. (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES } UNDERTAKINGS INDUSTRIAL CONTAINER HOLDING A LISTED DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE HAD TO BE THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECOND SCHEDULE OF THE REGULATIONS.
THE REGULATIONS, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT IN DECEMBER LAST AND LABELLING, SAFE USE PROVIDED FOR THE CLASSIFICATION, HANDLING OF 231 CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES COMMONLY USED IN INDUSTRY IN KONG.
YEAR,
SAFE HONG
SEVEN
TYPES OXIDISING,
OF
"THESE SUBSTANCES ARE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO BASIC RISK, NAMELY TOXIC, CORROSIVE, FLAMMABLE, EXPLOSIVE,
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED. IRRITANT AND HARMFUL,
"
"IT IS THE DUTY OF THE PROPRIETOR TO SEE THAT
HANDLED USED, SUBSTANCES CLASSIFIED AND LABELLED.
THOSE
DANGEROUS
OR STORED IN
HIS
WORKPLACE
ARE
DULY
"IN ADDITION,