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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1992
SECRETARY FOR WORKS ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
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MR DEPUTY PRESIDENT,
IS NOW
SAFETY CONSTRUCTION A BASIC CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TO
TO THE APPARENT. THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH OF LEAVING THE PROBLEM LABOUR DEPARTMENT, AS THE LAW ENFORCER, AND TO THE CONTRACTOR, THROUGH A FEW GENERAL PROVISIONS IN THE CONTRACT, IS NOW SEEN AS JUST NOT GOOD ACTIVELY ENOUGH. THE DEVELOPER MUST TAKE A POSITIVE INTEREST AND BE
PLACE TO WORK. INVOLVED IN MAKING THE CONSTRUCTION SITE A SAFE GOVERNMENT BEING A MAJOR DEVELOPER, IT FOLLOWS THAT WE SHOULD TAKE LEADING ROLE IN RAISING THE GENERAL AWARENESS OF SITE SAFETY,
A
ARE KILLED OR
AS WE HAVE BEEN REMINDED TODAY BY SPEAKERS ACCIDENT RATES AT AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH LEVEL. WORKERS CONTINUE TO BE SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH GOVERNMENT IN THE LEAD MUST INTENSIFY ITS EFFORTS TO FIND SOLUTIONS.
ALSO
DANGEROUS, AND PRIORITIES AND BE
CONSTRUCTION SITES INEVITABLY ARE POTENTIALLY THINKING SAFE' MUST BE ONE OF MANAGEMENTS' TOP INSTILLED INTO THE ACTIONS OF EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO ENTERS ANY ROUTINE. AND CONSTRUCTION SITE. THIS MUST BE PART OF THEIR DAILY
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
THIS
SAFETY MUST BE AWARENESS OF SPECTRUM OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.
REFLECTED
INVOLVEMENT IN GOVERNMENT'S
WE
THE
SAFE' 'THINK
MESSAGE IS
AT THE HIGHEST INVOLVED
INDIRECT, BECAUSE IT IS NOT PART OF THE CULTURE OF ORGANISING WORKS ON SITE.
ARE HOWEVER ABLE TO LOOK FOR COMMITMENTS LEVELS, WHICH ARE NEEDED TO IMPOSE 'THINK SAFE' ON EVERYONE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
INSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNOR, IN HIS SPEECH TO THE HONG KONG ENGINEERS IN MARCH THIS YEAR, IN FRONT OF THE MORE THAN 1,000 SENIOR RECORD "WE MUST IMPROVE THE SAFETY PEOPLE FROM THE INDUSTRY, STATED:
ACCIDENTS INDUSTRIAL
IN IN CONSTRUCTION. THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY CONSTRUCTION. FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE EVEN LOSE THEIR LIVES IN ACCIDENTS SAFETY CONSTRUCTION ON CONSTRUCTION SITES." SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL
OF CONFERENCE LAST NOVEMBER AND REFERRING TO THE ACCIDENT STATISTICS THE LAST FIVE YEARS I SAID: "FRANKLY, THESE STATISTICS ARE SHAMEFUL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY"
THESE STATEMENTS ECHO GOVERNMENT'S FIRM COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE WORKS BRANCH AND SAFETY IN
INDUSTRY. THE CONSTRUCTION
TO REVIEW DEPARTMENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC WORKS, ARE CONTINUING
SAFETY ON PUBLIC WORKS WHAT CAN BE DONE TO ACHIEVE BETTER SITE
EVENING PROJECTS. IN THIS REGARD, WH SHARE THE VIEWS EXPRESSED THIS THAT SAFE WORKING PRACTICES DEMAND STRONG INVOLVEMENT NOT ONLY GOVERNMENT BUT ALSO FROM EMPLOYEES, PRIVATE EMPLOYERS, DESIGNERS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ALIKE.
FROM AND
/WE HAVE