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MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1992
LEARNING FROM SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES IN SAFETY MANAGEMENT
OF
HONG KONG HAS TO LEARN FROM THE SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES ADVANCED COUNTRIES IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SIMILAR CULTURE AND CUSTOMS.
THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR DARWIN CHEN, MADE THE REMARKS WHEN ADDRESSING SOME 300 SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT (JAPANESE EXPERIENCE) TODAY (MONDAY).
THE SYMPOSIUM IS ORGANISED JOINTLY BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
"HONG KONG IS STILL STRIVING VERY HARD ΤΟ REDUCE WORK ACCIDENTS," MR CHEN SAID.
"WHILE WE ARE ENJOYING THE PROSPERITY BROUGHT ABOUT BY OUR BOYANT ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO FACE AT THE SAME TIME THE SAD CONSEQUENCES OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
"TRIAL AND ERROR IS OBVIOUSLY TOO COSTLY A. METHOD FOR SOLVING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY PROBLEMS BECAUSE THE PRICES IN TERMS OF HUMAN SUFFERINGS AND FINANCIAL LOSSES ARE UNBEARABLY HIGH, HE NOTED.
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MR CHEN SAID JAPAN IS NOT ONLY MORE ADVANCED IN TECHNOLOGY BUT ALSO AHEAD OF US IN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MANAGEMENT.
HE HOPED THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE ABLE TO PUL WHAT WERE LEARNT FROM THE EXPERTS FROM JAPAN.
"THIS LEARNING WILL, I AM SURE, HELP US REACH
MEASURABLE OBJECTIVE WHICH, IN TERMS OF
PERFORMANCE, IS WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THE ACCIDENT FIGURES DOWN," MR CHEN
INTO PRACTICE
WE
OUR ULTIMATE
HOW FAR ADDED.
SELF CARE EXHIBITION AT SHA TIN
A FIVE-DAY HEALTH EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF SELF CARE BEGINS TODAY (MONDAY) AT PHASE 1, NEW TOWN PLAŽA, SHA TIN.
ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT, THE EXHIBITION AIMS TO DISSEMINATE MEDICAL AND HEALTH MESSAGES AMONG RESIDENTS; FOSTER THEIR CONFIDENCE IN TACKLING HEALTH PROBLEMS AND ENCOURAGE MORE EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF HEALTH RESOURCES.
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