MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1992
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CATERERS URGED TO OBSERVE SAFETY RULES
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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED CATERING PROPRIETORS OF THEIR DUTY TO COMPLY WITH INDUSTRIAL SAFETY LAWS AND TO ENSURE THEIR EMPLOYEES' SAFETY AT WORK.
"ALL CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS,
FAST-FOOD
SHOPS AND CANTEENS, HAVE NOW COME UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (F&IU) ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS SINCE NOVEMBER 1990, AND WILL BE INSPECTED REGULARLY FACTORY INSPECTORS, SAID CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR CHAN TAT-KING.
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"WE HAVE ORGANISED A NUMBER OF SEMINARS, TRAINING COURSES AND TALKS FOR CATERING PERSONNEL OVER THE YEARS TO ASSIST THEM IN UNDERSTANDING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFETY LEGISLATION, MR CHAN ADDED.
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"IT IS NOW TIME FOR CATERING PROPRIETORS TO TAKE ALL STEPS ΤΟ IMPROVE THE SAFETY CONDITIONS IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS, HE SAID, ADDING THAT 16,000 WORK ACCIDENTS WERE RECORDED IN THE INDUSTRY LAST YEAR.
"AS A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITHOUT WORKING EXPERIENCE ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE UP SUMMER JOBS IN THE CATERING AND OTHER TRADES ADEQUATE PRECAUTIONS MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY AT WORK, HE SAID.
MR CHAN STRESSED THAT PROSECUTION WILL BE TAKEN OUT AGAINST CATERING PROPRIETORS WHO FAIL TO MEET THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.
HE SAID SUMMONSES HAD RECENTLY BEEN LAID AGAINST TWO RESTAURANTS FOR FAILING TO EFFECTIVELY GUARD THE MOVING PARTS OF MEAT MINCING MACHINES AS REQUIRED UNDER THE F&IU (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS.
OFFENDERS ARE LIABLE ON CONVICTION то A MAXIMUM FINE OF
$30,000.
VOLUNTEER SERVICE
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A LIFE-LONG COMMITMENT
THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, FEISTY ANDREW LAM, THEN A FORM FIVE LEAVER, JOINED THE CIVIL AID SERVICES (CAS) AS A VOLUNTEER. FIVE YEARS LATER HE BECAME A PERMANENT STAFF.
NOW, AT 58, AS THE NUMBER TWO GUY IN THE CAS HEADQUARTERS, HE LOOKS TO HIS WORK AS A LIFETIME COMMITMENT.
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BUT ONE THING STANDS THE TEST OF TIME THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE.
"THE WINE OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE NEVER TURNS SOUR," THE CAS STAFF
· OFFICER SAID.
"WHAT HAVEN'T