SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1994
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WORKERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY AT WORK
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
*****
SAFETY
AT WORK
RESTS
FINALLY
ON
THE
INDIVIDUAL MEN AND WOMEN AT WORK, THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
FOR THOSE AROUND "UNLESS THEY TAKE CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND
OUR SAFETY THEM, HOPES OF A SUSTAINED AND SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT IN
MR PATTEN SAID. RECORD ARE UNLIKELY TO BE REALISED,
SPEAKING AT
THE
WORKERS IN TRANSITION"
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OF
TRADE
"HONG
TO
KONG
FAMILIES
CONFEDERATION
UNIONS EXHIBITION, MR PATTEN APPEALED OF THE WORKERS TO REMIND THEM TO TAKE PROPER CARE OF THEMSELVES.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING IT TO CARE FOR AND REHABILITATE THE VICTIMS OF INDUSTRIAL IT WOULD BE MUCH BETTER IF ACCIDENTS AT WORK DID NOT HAPPEN AT ALL.
CAN ACCIDENTS, BUT
THE
GOVERNOR NOTED THAT HONG KONG'S GOOD RECORD IN MANY WAS BLACKENED BY ITS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY RECORD.
AREAS
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD LONG CAMPAIGNED
ΤΟ
IMPROVE
THE
SITUATION.
HAVE
"WE ARE STEPPING UP OUR EFFORTS. MORE FACTORY INSPECTORS
WE ARE LOOKING AT BEEN RECRUITED: LEGISLATION IS BEING STRENGTHENED. DISQUALIFYING CONTRACTORS WITH BAD SAFETY REOCRDS FROM AWARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS CONTRACTS.
"I REPEAT AGAIN, WE CANNOT, WE MUST NOT, BUILD HONG KONG ON THE MAIMED BODIES OF OUR WORK FORCE, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
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1994/95 LAND SALES PROGRAMME
ANNOUNCED LAND COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION, THE OF 28.21 PRODUCE
PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT MR JIM HUGHES TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT OF THE
THE TO THE LAND DISPOSAL PROGRAMME SUBMITTED BY GOVERNMENT'S LAND SALES PROGRAMME FOR 1994/95 WOULD CONSIST HECTARES OF LAND INVOLVING 40 SITES BETWEEN 8,000 AND 10,000 FLATS.
WHICH ARE
A
ΤΟ EXPECTED
CONSIDERABLE
NUMBER
OF
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WOULD BE FLATS PRODUCED FROM DEVELOPMENTS ARISING FROM LAND EXCHANGES AND LEASE
MODIFICATIONS.
HE SAID THAT A 2.75-HECTARE SITE WOULD BE OFFERED FOR
WAS THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION SCHEME WHICH LAND WAS SOLD FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
SALE IN A SCHEME WHEREBY
/THE FINISHED