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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1989
NEED FOR SAFETY-CONSCIOUS WORKFORCE STRESSED
MORE THAN ONE IN THREE LAST YEAR, WHICH IS A SHAMEFUL RECORD, THE MR TONY HAMMOND, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WORKERS CONSTRUCTION
COMMISSIONER
SUFFERED INJURY LABOUR, FOR
THE BASIC OF
AT COURSE
THE
MR HAMMOND WAS ADDRESSING
SOME 900 GRADUATES
TRAINEE SUPERVISOR CRAFT COURSES AND CONSTRUCTION ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY.
NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS
THE SITUATION IN
HE TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT WHILE THE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR WAS BEING CONTAINED, CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY STILL REQUIRED SPECIAL ATTENTION.
IN
THE
WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
HE NOTED.
"THE ACCIDENT RATE PER THOUSAND INDUSTRY ROSE FROM 333 IN 1987 TO 370 IN 1988,
MR
HAMMOND
THAT BELIEVED
THE DISCIPLINED
BE GREATLY SITUATION COULD
ADEQUATE WORKFORCE WITH AS MANY OF THESE ACCIDENTS
IMPROVED BY A WELL-TRAINED AND SAFETY AWARENESS AND SAFETY KNOWLEDGE, WERE DUE TO UNSAFE PRACTICES ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.
TRAINING
"IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
SAFETY AT WORK AND AUTHORITY HAS ALWAYS STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF
CONSTRUCTION HAS INCORPORATED SAFETY TRAINING INTO THE PROGRAMMES FOR
HE SAID. CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS,"
ITS MR HAMMOND PRAISED THE AUTHORITY FOR ITS PLANS TO INCREASE
PLANS FOR HONG KONG'S TRAINING CAPACITY, NOTING THAT THE AMBITIOUS
PRESSURE ON THE HEAVY EXERT DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT DECADE ALREADY TIGHT LABOUR MARKET.
WOULD
"IN ANTICIPATION OF THE CONTINUED WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THE TRAINING CENTRE IN ABERDEEN IN FACILITIES TO MEET THIS DEMAND,
SEPTEMBER,
HE SAID.
STRONG DEMAND FOR SKILLED
OPENED A AUTHORITY
THIRD PROVIDES EXCELLENT WHICH
FEWER ACCIDENTS IN CONTAINER HANDLING INDUSTRY
* *
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
IN THE CONTAINER DECREASED, APPARENTLY BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY WHILE SUPPORT.
THE
TRADE HANDLING HAVE LAID
GIVEN WHOLE-HEARTED STAFF HAVE
HAVE EMPHASIS ON
OF THE LABOUR
PRESENTATION
AWARD 88/89
THIS WAS STATED BY THE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR
DEPARTMENT, MR YIP YUK-LUN,
CEREMONY OF THE
COMPETITION.
TODAY
(WEDNESDAY)
HANDLING COMPANY CONTAINER
AT THE SAFETY
/MR YIP