TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1992
WORKS
BRANCH
RECEIVES QUARTERLY RETURNS CONSTRUCTION SITES; AND
ON
ACCIDENTS
AT
MR
BLAKE SAID
EDUCATION ON WORK SAFETY FOR YOUNG TRAINEE BY CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL.
IN ADDITION,
CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS:
THE GOVERNMENT
WAS
ACTIVELY
-
INSPECTION
TEAMS TO JUDGE MEASURES ARE BEING ACHIEVED;
WHETHER THE REQUIRED SAFETY
MEANS TO ENSURE CONTRACTORS
UNDERSTAND CLEARLY
TENDER
REQUIREMENTS;
INTRODUCTION OF INCENTIVES AND PENALTIES;
INCLUSION OF APPROPRIATE STANDARD MEASURABLE SAFETY ITEMS IN EVERY CONTRACT;
CONTRACTORS
ΤΟ HAVE AN APPROVED SAFETY POLICY MAINTAIN THEIR STATUS IN GOVERNMENT APPROVED LISTS.
SO AS CONTRACTOR
ΤΟ
"NOTWITHSTANDING ALL THESE MEASURES, IT IS IMPORTANT
THE
SCALE
UNDERESTIMATE INDUSTRY, MR BLAKE SAID.
||
OF
SAFETY
PROBLEM IN
THE
NOT TO CONSTRUCTION
-
THE GOVERNMENT,
WILL
"CONCERTED EFFORTS FROM ALL PARTIES INVOLVED DEVELOPERS, DESIGNERS, CONTRACTORS, SUB-CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS - BE NEEDED TO BRING THE PROBLEM UNDER CONTROL.
"THE GOVERNMENT IN ITS ROLE AS A MAJOR DEVELOPER CAN AND CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE 'THINK SAFE' MESSAGE, AND WILL ALSO USE AVAILABLE MEANS TO INFLUENCE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPERS WHO MUST PLAY THEIR PART," HE ADDED.
WILL
EVERY
ALSO
PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH
* *
YEAR THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER THIS
32% AS WAS VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY
ΤΟ STATISTICS ACCORDING COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR, RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21%. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 22% IN VOLUME.
OF
THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES WITH THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES HAVING BEEN DISCOUNTED.
/AS REGARDS