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HOWEVER, HE EXPLAINED THAT THE USE OF INADEQUATE OR INEFFECTIVE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT OF ITSELF WAS NOT A CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
"SERIOUS ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED MAINLY BY FALL OF PERSONS AND MACHINERY, HE SAID.
"OVER THE PAST
FIVE YEARS, THE
FALLING OBJECTS, THE
LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS NOT REGISTERED ANY INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT THAT IS DEFECTIVE.
"RECENTLY, HOWEVER, CONCERN HAS BEEN
EXPRESSED ABOUT THE
ABILITY OF SOME LOCALLY MADE SAFETY HELMETS TO WITHSTAND OF FALLING OBJECTS," MR YEUNG NOTED.
THE IMPACT
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS INVESTIGATING THESE REPORTS, INCLUDING THE VALIDITY OF THE TESTS INVOLVED, AND WOULD CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY ΤΟ PRESCRIBE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR THE EQUIPMENT, HE SAID.
CS EXPLAINS DIRECTORATE MANPOWER PROJECTIONS
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THERE IS NO SINGLE 10-YEAR PROJECTION OF MANPOWER NEEDS FOR THE ENTIRE DIRECTORATE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
"BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT CIVIL SERVICE GRADES, THE MANPOWER NEEDS ARE DONE ON A GRADE BY GRADE BASIS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AGE DISTRIBUTION OF SERVING OFFICERS, WASTAGE RATES, GROWTH TRENDS AND VACANCY POSITION, HE SAID.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON PAUL CHENG, SIR DAVID SAID SOME GRADES DID A LONGER RANGE PROJECTION WHILE SOME PROJECTED FOR THE SHORT TO MEDIUM TERM ONLY.
ON THE SUBJECT OF GOVERNMENT'S
OVERSEAS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS,
SIR DAVID EXPLAINED WHILST THE MAJORITY OF POSITIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WOULD CONTINUE TO BE FILLED BY LOCAL TALENT, THOSE WITH INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE COULD PLAY A VERY USEFUL ROLE IN SERVING HONG KONG, IN VIEW OF OUR OPEN ECONOMY AND THE COSOMPOLITAN CHARACTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HE SAID THAT WITHIN THE BROAD FRAMEWORK OF THE LOCALISATION POLICY, IT WAS USEFUL TO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO HAD STUDIED OR WORKED OVERSEAS.
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