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WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1993
WAS STATED THIS
BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND MRS ELIZABETH WONG, TN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
DIVISION
WELFARE, THE HON
PRINTING THE LABOUR
MRS WONG SAID A SURVEY ON SOLVENT EXPOSURE IN SCREEN
BY
OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH CONDUCTED DEPARTMENT IN 1986.
WAS
ΤΟ
"THIS SURVEY REVEALED THAT OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE OF WORKERS
MONOETHYL ETHER ETHYLENE GLYCOL
ACETATE WAS WITHIN THE CURRENT THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUE OF FIVE PARTS PER MILLION AND 27 MILIGRAMMES PER CUBIC METER, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE OF GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS," SHE NOTED.
PRINTING
GLYCOL ETHERS, WHICH ARE COMMONLY USED IN THE SCREEN
THE INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, ARE AMONG THE 231 LISTED SUBSTANCES UNDER FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS
SUBSTANCES } (DANGEROUS
REGULATIONS.
"THESE REGULATIONS REQUIRE ALL LISTED SUBSTANCES TO BE SUITABLY CLEARLY AND
THE
RISKS ON THE CONTAINERS WITH LABELLED
PARTICULAR THE SECRETARY SAID. INVOLVED AND THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN,
PROVIDE. USE AND
TO REGULATIONS
HANDLING,
ARE "PROPRIETORS
REQUIRED UNDER THE GENERAL
AND TRAINING IN THE INFORMATION SAFETY STORAGE OF THE CHEMICALS AND TO SUPPLY PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT WORKERS HANDLING THESE CHEMICALS."
FOR
REFERENCE IN ADDITION, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS PUBLISHED TWO
LEAFLET ON SOLVENT BOOKLETS ON THE USE OF CHEMICALS AT WORK AND A HAZARDS IN SCREEN PRINTING, WHICH ARE
TO WIDELY DISTRIBUTED PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS.
ADVICE ON
BY
WORKERS OCCUPATIONAL
то PROPRIETORS HEALTH OFFICERS
CHEMICAL SAFETY IS ALSO GIVEN FACTORY INSPECTORS, OCCUPATIONAL
HYGIENISTS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN THEIR DUTIES WHILE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES OF THE DEPARTMENT TALKS
HEALTH HAZARDS TO WORKERS, ON
INCLUDING KNOWN
GLYCOL ETHERS.
AND
AND
THE
COURSE OF GIVE HAZARDS FROM
CROSS-LINKING SERVICE TO EXTEND VISA VALIDITY
*
*
A
CROSS-LINKING SERVICE IS AVAILABLE FOR HOLDERS OF BRITISH
THEM TERRITORIES CITIZENS (BDTC'S) PASSPORTS TO ENABLE TO USE VALID VISAS IN THEIR OLD PASSPORTS AFTER
DEPENDENT CONTINUE AFTER REPLACEMENT BY A BN (0) PASSPORT.
RENEWAL
ΤΟ
OR
THIS
WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, WOODHOUSE,
THE IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY
HON TIMOTHY WING-HO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR
KEN
HA
MR WOODHOUSE SAID: "CROSS-LINKING IS AN ENDORSEMENT MADE IN THE ON A PASSPORT, STATING THAT THE HOLDER HAS PREVIOUSLY TRAVELLED PASSPORT WHICH BEARS A VALID VISA.
NEW
"THE NUMBER