TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1992
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HEARING TESTS FOR WORKERS
FACTORY INSPECTORS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND UNION REPRESENTATIVES TODAY (TUESDAY) LAUNCHED AN INDUSTRY-BASED HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAMME AMONG WORKERS AT A TUEN MUN FACTORY.
NOISE
THE PROGRAMME AIMS TO AROUSE THE AWARENESS OF INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS
WORKERS AND TO PUBLICISE THE NEW "NOISE AT WORK" REGULATION WHICH WILL COME INTO OPERATION IN JULY NEXT YEAR.
AMONG
DURING THE VISIT TO THE YKK HONG KONG LIMITED THIS MORNING, FACTORY INSPECTORS EXPLAINED ΤΟ THE MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS THEIR DUTIES UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (NOISE AT WORK) REGULATION.
UNDER THE NEW REGULATION, INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING OWNERS ARE
CONDUCT REQUIRED TO
NOISE LEVEL ASSESSMENTS AND DEMARCATE AREAS AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE NOISE AS EAR PROTECTION ZONES WHERE EMPLOYEES ATTENDING
NOISY TO
MACHINES ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR
PROTECTORS.
APPROVED
EAR
ΤΟ
CAUSED
FACTORY INSPECTORS ALSO CONDUCTED HEARING TESTS FOR WORKERS OUT WHETHER THEY WERE SUFFERING FROM HEARING IMPAIRMENT BY MACHINE NOISE.
FIND
LEAFLETS ON THE NEW REGULATION AND EAR PROTECTORS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO WORKERS.
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TRADE
BY THE PROGRAMME IS ORGANISED
WITH UNIONS,
HELP FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH COUNCIL.
THE HONG KONG FEDERATION LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND
OF THE
SIXTEEN ESTABLISHMENTS
IN
METAL,
CONSTRUCTION, SHIPBUILDING
INDUSTRIES WILL TAKE PART IN APRIL.
AND
REPARLING, CATERING THE PROGRAMME WHICH
PLASTIC, TEXTILE,
AND PRINTING WILL LAST UNTIL
OVERSIZED STRUCTURES AT FISH CULTURE ZONES RECTIFIED
MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (ACAF) WERE PLEASED TO NOTE AT A MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT ILLEGAL OR OVERSIZED STRUCTURES AT FISH CULTURE ZONES (FCZ) WOULD) RECTIFIED IN A FEW MONTHS' TIME.
BE
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THE BRECTION OF THESE STRUCTURES, IN SOME CASES AMOUNTING TO DOMESTIC DWELLINGS, HAD CAUSED ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND DREW COMPLAINTS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAD ISSUED NOTICES TO MARICULTURISTS EARLIER IN THE YEAR INFORMING THEM THAT THEIR LICENCES WOULD ONLY BE RENEWED SUBJECT TO THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL LICENSING CONDITIONS.
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