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CONCEDING THAT CONSTRUCTION SAFETY IS
COMPLEX PROBLEM, MR
WORKERS
HAMMOND CALLED FOR THE JOINT EFFORTS OF DEVELOPERS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, PRINCIPAL THEMSELVES AND THE GOVERNMENT.
CONTRACTORS
AND
THE SUB-CONTRACTORS,
CONDUCT TRAINING AS A FIRST STEP, HE CALLED ON PROPRIETORS TO
OF PICTURE
THE WORKERS' TRAINING NEEDS AUDITS AND TO GET A CLEAR
TRAINING SAFETY
CENTRE WOULD BE WHILE THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL PLEASED TO HELP IN THE DESIGN OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
SHOULD INCREASE AN ELEMENT RECORD OF SAFETY
HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF SITE MANAGEMENT 'STAFF AND INTRODUCE OF HEALTHY COMPETITION BY KEEPING A COMPREHENSIVE ACCIDENT
A MONTHLY PRODUCING
LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL SITES AND RECORDS OF THE DIFFERENT SITES UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
"ALL
THESE
OF TABLE
BE
REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED,
COMMITTEE, MANAGEMENT
CHAIRED BY THE SUB-CONTRACTORS
SHOULD ACTIVITIES COORDINATED THROUGH A SITE SAFETY THE PROJECT MANAGER OR SITE AGENT, AND INCLUDING AND WORKER REPRESENTATIVES," MR HAMMOND ADDED.
PROSPECTS OF INDUSTRIAL. DEVELOPMENT IN HK
THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY,
TO CONTINUE FOCUSING BUSINESSMEN AND INDUSTRIALISTS PACIFIC REGION, AND TAKE HONG KONG AS THEIR PARTNER FOR THE FUTURE.
*
MR
T.H. BARMA,
HAS
URGED ON THE HEADING
SWISS
ASIA
INTO
A GROUP HOSTING A LUNCHEON FOR
SAID INDUSTRIALISTS IN GENEVA, MR BARMA HAD A LOT IN COMMON.
OF LEADING BUSINESSMEN
AND HONG KONG SWITZERLAND
AND
POPULATION
AND
HE SAID BOTH PLACES HAD APPROXIMATELY THE SAME BOTH HAD ECONOMIES WITH NO NATURAL RESOURCES, EXCEPT THEIR PEOPLE.
BOTH THROUGH CHANGES FROM INNOVATIVE ABILITY
"THE SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE HAS HELPED US AND CHALLENGES. WE HAVE ALSO BOTH BENEFITED AND HARD WORK OF OUR PEOPLE,
"I
HE SAID.
HONG KONG AND OVERSEAS
PROFITABLE
OUR WAY
INVESTORS
BUSINESS
SPEAKING ON "INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN INTO THE FUTURE", MR BARMA SAID BOTH LOCAL WERE CONFIDENT OF THE BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR DOING IN HONG KONG.
THE
STRATEGIC
"APART FROM ITS UNIQUE GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AS CENTRE IN THE ASIA PACIFIC, HONG KONG'S SOUND ECONOMIC FOUNDATION AND EXCELLENT BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE, ITS FREE TRADE AND FREE ENTERPRISE
LABOUR EFFICIENT
FORCE, LOW TAXATION POLICY, ITS HARD-WORKING AND
LONG BEEN RECOGNISED
RATE AND EXCELLENT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK HAVE AS FAVOURABLE FACTORS," HE SAID.
/MR BARMA