WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1993
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TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS SO FAR CARRIED OUT TWO ONE-DAY SURVEYS
RUSH HOURS, AND NOT SURPRISINGLY, NO SIGNIFICANT
DURING TRAFFIC VOLUNE HAS EMERGED.
CHANGE IN
"THE DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE EARLY NEXT YEAR BY WHICH TIME TRAVEL PATTERNS IN THE AREA SHOULD BECOME MORE SETTLED, HE SAID.
"
SURVEY HAVE
MORE CONTROL ON OVERHEAD WORK PROPOSED
A NEW SET OF FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS WORKING PLATFORM) REGULATION WILL BE INTRODUCED NEXT YEAR TO CONTROL ON THE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF GONDOLAS.
(SUSPENDED TIGHTEN
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON HO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
EDWARD
GONDOLAS
MR LEUNG SAID THAT UNDER THE PROPOSED REGULATION, ALL. MUST RE EXAMINED AND TESTED BY A COMPETENT EXAMINER PERIODICALLY UNDER SPECIFIED CONDITIONS, SUCH AS AFTER RE-ERECTION OR REPAIR.
AND
SUBSTANTIAL
PRECEDING SEVEN
"THEY MUST BE INSPECTED AT LEAST ONCE IN THE DAYS BY A COMPETENT PERSON BEFORE THEY ARE USED," HE SAID.
"LIFTING GEARS FORMING PARTS OF THE GONDOLA
EXAMINED PERIODICALLY.'
"
MUST ALSO BE
QUALIFICATION
OF
THE PROPOSED REGULATION REDEFINES THE OPERATORS AS A PERSON WHO HAS UNDERGONE TRAINING ON MECHANISM OF A GONDOLA AND THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF WORKING ON A GONDOLA.
THE
THE
TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE TECHNICAL AND SAFETY GONDOLAS,
LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS ORGANISED SEMINARS INFORMATION LEAFLETS AND POSTERS TO THOSE IN THE TRADE.
OPERATIONAL
ASPECTS AND ISSUED
OF
THESE PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS WILL BE SUSTAINED AND STEPPED UP NECESSARY, MR LEUNG ADDED.
AS
PANG CHUN- DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE AGAINST WORK WITHOUT
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION BY THE HON HOT, THE SECRETARY SAID SEVEN SUMMONSES WERE ISSUED BY THE UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS PROPRIETORS IN RELATION TO WORKERS ENGAGED IN OVERHEAD TAKING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IN 1992 AND SO FAR THIS YEAR.
NO PROSECUTION HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT AGAINST EMPLOYEES DURING SAME PERIOD.
AT PRESENT, WORKING AT HEIGHT COMES UNDER THE CONTROL CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS,
THE
OF THE
THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS REQUIRES WORKERS TO TAKE REASONABLE CARE FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY
ORDINANCE ALSO THEMSELVES AND TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE PROPRIETOR IN ORDER THAT ALL THE OF
SAFETY REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ORDINANCE CAN BE COMPLIED WITH.
/MR LEUNG