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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1990
SAFETY SEMINAR FOR WORKERS
ABOUT 350 WORKERS AND TRADE UNION MEMBERS WILL ATTEND A SEMINAR ON WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 28) TO DISCUSS THE GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES FOR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
THE "SEMINAR ON GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AT WORK" IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S PUBLICITY PROGRAMME TO ACQUAINT EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1989 WHICH WAS PASSED INTO LAW LAST DECEMBER.
THE SEMINAR IS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND
THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (FTU).
"THE SEMINAR, SPECIALLY CONDUCTED FOR EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRY, AIMS TO INCREASE PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORDINANCE, THE DEPARTMENT'S SUPERINTENDENT OF FACTORY INSPECTORS (TRAINING), MR CHAN HON-TING, SAID TODAY (MONDAY),
"THE ORDINANCE INTRODUCES A SET OF GENERAL DUTIES ON EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ΤΟ ENSURE SAFE WORK PRACTICES ENVIRONMENTS, MR CHAN SAID.
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ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR IS FTU CHAIRMAN MR CHENG YIU-TONG, HE WILL TALK ABOUT "THE ATTITUDE OUGHT ΤΟ BE TAKEN BY WORKERS TOWARDS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY"
THE CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, MR YIP YUK-LUN, WILL EXPLAIN THE GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AS PRESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE.
A SOLICITOR, MR SUNG WING-KWONG, WILL DISCUSS "CIVIL LIABILITIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY"
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THE SEMINAR WILL BE OPENED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, MR CHENG AND MR SUNG AT THE FTU ASSEMBLY HALL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
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YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "SEMINAR ON GENERAL DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES AT WORK' AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL OF THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS, 50 MA TAU CHUNG ROAD, NINTH FLOOR, TO KWA WAN AT 6.15 PM ON WEDNESDAY (FEBRUARY 28).
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