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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1993
IS
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"IN VIEW OF INCREASING DEMANDS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT CONSIDERING INTRODUCING AN INTERACTIVE VOICE PROCESSING SYSTEM FURTHER IMPROVE ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND WILL BE ENHANCING OUR GENERAL PUBLICITY IN AREAS OF GREATEST PUBLIC INTEREST.
ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR SAID THE DEPARTMENT SPARES NO EFFORTS TO IMPROVE WORKERS' SAFETY.
"THIS CAN BE REFLECTED IN THE DROP OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN 1992," MRS FOK SAID.
"UP TO SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 56,370 INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WITH 204 FATALITIES.
"COMPARED WITH 72,310 ACCIDENTS AND 214 FATALITIES IN THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE OVERALL SITUATION IS ENCOURAGING.
"BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE TO ENSURE OUR WORKERS CAN HAVE A BETTER SAFER WORKING ENVIRONMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, SHE ADDED.
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MRS FOK SAID 1993 WOULD LIKELY BE ANOTHER YEAR OF CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY.
IT
"THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS READY FOR CHANGES IN OUR SOCIETY AND ECONOMY WHICH WILL BRING NEW EXPECTATIONS TO THE PEOPLE, SHE SAID.
**IN THIS, WE WILL FURTHER IMPROVE OUR PERFORMANCE AND IS COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR SERVICE WORTHY OF OUR CUSTOMERS," SHE ADDED.
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OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES TO BE PHASED OUT EARLIER
HONG KONG WILL COMPLY FULLY WITH THE GLOBAL PROGRAMME
DATES ADVANCE THE
OF PHASING OUT OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCES ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL.
то IN
LAST
1994 AND
UNDER THE NEW SCHEDULE AGREED AT A MEETING IN COPENHAGEN NOVEMBER, HALONS WILL BE COMPLETELY PHASED OUT BY THE YEAR CFCS BY 1996, INSTEAD OF 2000.
ANOTHER OZONE-DEPLETING SUBSTANCE, TRICHOLOROETHANE, BE PHASED OUT BY 1996 INSTEAD OF 2005.
WILL NOW
TO ENABLE HONG KONG TO COMPLY WITH THE PHASE-OUT PROGRAMME, THE LAYER PROTECTION
1993 (AMENDMENT) BILI.
WAS GAZETTED
TODAY
OZONE (FRIDAY).
/THE BILL