IT
GOODS.
5
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1994
CAN BE USED AS GODOWNS, EXCLUDING STORAGE OF DANGEROUS
THE
DEVELOPER HAS TO COMPLETE A GROSS FLOOR AREA OF NOT LESS THAN 12,000 SQUARE METRES BEFORE MARCH 31, 1997.
THE AUCTION WAS HELD IN THE CONCERT HALL OF THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI, AND WAS CONDUCTED BY GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT, MR LEUNG LOK-YIU.
GONDOLA FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION
IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES ON THE TRAGIC FIRE IN WHICH TWO WORKERS WERE KILLED WHILE WORKING ON A GONDOLA OUTSIDE A BUILDING IN YUEN LONG LAST
OF SAID A TEAM SATURDAY, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FACTORY
STILL LED BY A DIVISIONAL FACTORY INSPECTOR INSPECTORS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.
WAS
CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHAN TAT-KING, SAID FACTORY
WOULD INSPECTORS
LOOK INTO VARIOUS ASPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRAGEDY TO SEE
ANY OFFENCE UNDER IF
SUBSTANCES THE DANGEROUS REGULATION AND THE GENERAL DUTIES PROVISIONS OF THE FACTORIES INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE (FIUO) HAD BEEN COMMITTED.
AND
USED HE POINTED OUT THAT WHENEVER INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES WERE
SHOULD BE BY THE PROPRIETOR OF AN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKING, ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OUTLINED IN THE REGULATION.
THE DUTIES OF THE PROPRIETOR UNDER THE REGULATION INCLUDE LABELLING OF THE FLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES, PROVISION OF PROPER CONTAINERS, PROVISION
PROTECTIVE TRAINING, OF SAFETY INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, CLOTHING
PRECAUTIONS AND ADOPTION OF THE NECESSARY SAFETY AGAINST MEASURES
OR FIRE OR EXPLOSION IF ANY INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCE IS IN USE.
INCLUDING EXPLOSIVE
BY NOT "ON THE
CO-OPERATE OTHER HAND, THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD MISUSING OR INTERFERING WITH THE LABFI, FOLLOW THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN, AND OBSERVE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS INDICATED ON THE LARFL," CHAN SAID.
AN EMPLOYER WHO FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGAL PROVISIONS BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $50,000 WHILE AN EMPLOYEE WILL A MAXIMUM FINE OF $10,000.
MR
WILL
FACE
ON
A
MR CHAN RE-ITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF FIRE SAFETY WHEN GONDOLA WITH INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES, ADDING THAT SHOULD BE
TO A MINIMUM APART FROM KEPT
OBSERVING ALL PRECAUTIONS AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
WORKING THE QUANTITY THE SAFETY
OF PROPRIETORS
"THE GENERAL DUTIES PROVISIONS EXPRESS DUTIES AND PERSONS EMPLOYED IN GENERAL TERM AND SUCK DUTIES ARE APPLICABLE TO ALL TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES AND SITUATIONS," HE SAID.
ENCOURAGE ROLES
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE PROVISIONS WERE DESIGNED TO PROPRIETORS AND PERSONS EMPLOYED TO TAKE A WIDER VIEW OF THEIR AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK.
/PROPRIETORS CONTRAVENING