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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1989
SAID WATER POLLUTION OF REDUCED AND THE
ON THE ENVIRONMENT FRONT. MR BARNES VERY MUCH AF THE SOUTHERN WATERS SHOULD SHOULD HAVE GOOD BATHING ONCE AGAIN FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION
ISLAND AND WITH INTERCEPTING SEWER ACROSS THE SOUTH OF THE SEWAGE BFFECTIVELY TREATED AT STONECUTTERS ISLAND.
BEACHES OF AN KOWLOON
FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WITH ALL THE WATER CONTROL ZONES ENFORCED THE SECRETARY BELIEVED HONG KONG WATERS SHOULD BE MUCH BETTER BY THEN,
"THIS IS NOT PIF
IN THE
WE SKY:
REALLY ARE IN
REACH
OF
CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT. HE SAID.
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BILL TO STEP UP SAFETY AT WORK
A BILL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED DEFINE CLEARLY THE DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND
MAINTAINING A
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCH THE AREA OF IN PART
AND
TO
INTO THE
TO REQUIRE
EACH
WORK SAFE
THE PLACE,
PARTY SECRETARY
TO PLAY A
FOR EDUCATION
MANPOWER, MR K.Y, YEUNG, SAID THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
AGAINST
AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS THE BILL. AMENDING THE FACTORIES ORDINANCI ALSO PROVIDED FOR CUSTODIAL PENALTIES AS SANCTIONS SERIOUS OFFENCES.
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MR YEUNG WAS SPEAKING AT THE
OF OPENING A JAPANESE
THE "CONFERENCE ON EXPERIENCE" ORGANISED HEALTH SAFETY AND
MANAGEMENT JOINTLY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE JAPAN INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
OF
SAFETY AND
WHERE
ACCIDENTS INDUSTRIAL
THI
HAD BEEN HE NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM
NUMBER OF CONTAINED IN THE
INDUSTRY. MANUFACTURING
OF ACCEDENTS CAUSED BY POWER DRIVEN MACHINERY. THE LARGEST PROPORTION
CENT FROM 12,000 ACCIDENTS IN THE INDUSTRY. HAD DECREASED BY 37 PER IN 1979 TO 7.500 IN 1988.
BET
SITUATION THE SPECIAL ATTENTION. HE ADDED.
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'NOT ONLY HAS THE
IN THE
CONSTRUCTION
NUMBER ABSOLUTE
INDUSTRY
REQUIRES
OF ACCIDENTS RISEN FROM FER CENT. BUT
17,000 IN 1979 TO 27,000 IN 1988, OR BY AS MUCH AS 58 THE ACCIDENT RATE HAS ALSO SHOT UP FROM 220 PER 1,000 WORKERS TO 370,
"THIS MEANS THAT LAST YEAR MORE THAN ONE IN THREE
MR YEUNG SAID. WORKERS WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT,
..
CONSTRUCTION
IN CONSTRUCTION
1979
"ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES HAS FALLEN FROM 95
THE IN THE
ACCIDENTS RATE OF FATAL TO 58 IN 1988.
HE NOTED. INDUSTRY IS ABOUT 50 TIMES THAT OF MANUFACTURING,
/MR YEUNG