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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1991
CALL TO HEED FIRE AND CHEMICALS SAFETY
CAMPAIGN TODAY
SAFETY CHEMICALS
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL EMBARK ON A SPECIAL
AND (FRIDAY) TO BRING HOME THE MESSAGE OF FIRE ALL EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS IN INDUSTRY.
TO
FACTORIES HOUSED PROCESSES WITH
ON THE TWO-MONTH EXERCISE WILL SET A TARGET IN POORLY MANAGED BUILDINGS, AND THOSE INVOLVING WORK FIRE HAZARDS AND USING INFLAMMABLE CHEMICALS OR MATERIALS.
"WITH THE ONSET OF THE DRY SEASON, IT IS PARTICULARLY UP EFFORTS IN IMPORTANT FOR FACTORY PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS TO STEP FIRE PRECAUTION AND TO TAKE EXTRA CARE IN USING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS, THE ACTING DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID.
"DURING VISITS TO THE FACTORIES, OUR INSPECTORS WILL EXPLAIN ΤΟ EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS THEIR
AND DUTY UNDER THE FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRE PRECAUTIONS IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES) AND (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS, AND ASSIST THEM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.
"PROSECUTION
H
IN COMPLYING
ACTION WILL BE TAKEN OUT AGAINST BLATANT
OFFENDERS,' MR KAN SAID, NOTING THAT DURING A SIMILAR OPERATION LAST YEAR.
320
EMPLOYERS
WERE
PROSECUTED
WILL
SAFETY
A DISTRIBUTE
SPECIALLY
то PRECAUTIONS
BE
IN ADDITION, FACTORY INSPECTORS DESIGNED NOTICE TO FACTORY MANAGEMENTS ON TAKEN IN HANDLING DANGEROUS CHEMICALS.
"THEY WILL BE URGED TO POST IT UP PROMINENTLY IN THE
TO REMIND WORKERS OF THE NEED TO MAINTAIN WORKPLACE AND TO WEAR PROTECTIVE CLOTHING,
DROPPED
WORKPLACE
GOOD VENTILATION IN THE MR KAN EXPLAINED.
FROM 156 CASES WITH
15
FIRE-RELATED ACCIDENTS HAD FATALITIES IN 1986 TO 90 CASES WITH NO DEATH LAST YEAR.
ALL
FACTORY PRECAUTION
KAN
ON CALLED ADVISING AGAINST COMPLACENCY, MR PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS TO KEEP UP THEIR GOOD WORK IN FIRE AND TO CO-OPERATE CLOSELY IN CURBING ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY FIRE.
COMMUNITY CALLED TO BACK SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
OF
MR WELFARE, SOCIAL
M.D.
CARTLAND,
FORTHCOMING
TODAY AS
THE DIRECTOR (FRIDAY) APPEALED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO BE MORE SUBSTITUTE PARENTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AWAITING ADOPTION.
MR CARTLAND WAS ADDRESSING A SEMINAR ON SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WHICH WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY MOTHER'S CHOICE, SERVICE HONG KONG BRANCH, THE ADOPTION SUPPORT GROUP AND THE UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT,
ADOPTION
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