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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1992
NIGHT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THREE PERSONS WERE PROSECUTED BY THE POLICE FOR CAUSING EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM PUBLIC PLACE AT THEY WERE FINED FROM $400 TO $600.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
ENQUIRIES
ON SPECIFIC CASES MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE FOLLOWING
PRINCIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICERS :
APCO,
NCO,
MR FRANKLIN CHUNG MR STEVEN HO
TEL 594 6200
TEL 594 6500
WPCO, CASE 16
DR MIKE CHIU
TEL 417 4101
WPCO, CASE 11, 12,
DR ELLEN CHAN
TEL 650 6955
20,21,28 AND 29
WPCO, CASE 9 AND 10
MR MURRAY LUO
TEL 835 1134
HOWEVER, ENQUIRIES ON GENERAL, MATTERS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S MEDIA RELATIONS SECTION.
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RENOVATION WORK MUST BE SAFE
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CONTRACTORS OF RENOVATION WORK HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THEIR WORKERS' SAFETY WHEN HANDLING INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS GOODS, DEPUTY CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR KAN HON-SANG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
MR KAN SAID CONTRACTORS MUST TAKE ALL NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, INCLUDING THE PROPER LABELLING OF THE CONTAINERS OF INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES AND DANGEROUS GOODS, AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, TRAINING AND SUPERVISION OF THE WORKERS IN CARRYING OUT THESE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
"IN ADDITION, CONTRACTORS, LIKE ANY OTHER EMPLOYERS, ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO ADOPT A SAFE SYSTEM OF WORK, HE STRESSED.
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MR KAN MADE THE APPEAL FOLLOWING TWO RECENT MAJOR FIRES IN BUILDINGS UNDER RENOVATION. IN ONE CASE, TWO WORKERS WERE KILLED.
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, TWO WORKERS DIED AND 75 WERE INJURED IN FIRES ON PREMISES UNDER RENOVATION.
"CONTRACTORS SHOULD MAKE A GREATER EFFORT IN ENSURING THE SAFETY OF WORKERS OPERATING IN THESE PREMISES, MR KAN SAID.
MAY
"FAILURE то TAKE THE NECESSARY SAFETY PRECAUTIONS CONSTITUTE AN OFFENCE UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS, THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS AND THE GENERAL DUTY PROVISIONS OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE, HE POINTED OUT.
/ON CONVICTION,