THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1994
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SEMINARS SPREAD MESSAGE ON SUMMER JOB TRAPS AND SAFETY
* *
MORE THAN 200 CAREERS TEACHERS RECEIVED INFORMATION AND
TRAPS AND SAFETY AT WORK AT TWO JOB
SEMINARS HELD
ON SUMMER MONTH.
ADVICE
THIS
"WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE SEMINARS, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND
ORGANISED BY JOINTLY
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, WERE SO WELL-RECEIVED," SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER, MR CHAN, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
RAYMOND
"WE HOPE THAT THE TWO SEMINARS WOULD HELP ΤΟ EQUIP CAREERS TEACHERS TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE MORE EFFECTIVELY AND WIDELY TO THE COMING SUMMER STUDENTS WHO ARE INTENDING TO TAKE UP JOBS DURING VACATION, HE ADDED.
ATTRACTING
SOME 100 CAREERS TEACHERS, THE SECOND SEMINAR PLACE THIS MORNING AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
INFORMATION
TOOK
KIT
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CAREERS TEACHERS WERE PROVIDED WITH AN CONTAINING ADVICE ON POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT TRAPS AND WORK SAFETY,
BY THE WELL AS
PROVIDED THE CHANNELS FOR ENQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS LABOUR AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS.
A LABOUR OFFICER FROM THE LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, MR GEOFFREY THE WONG, GAVE A TALK ON POSSIBLE EMPLOYMENT TRAPS IN VARIOUS TRADES,
BEFORE FACTORS STUDENTS HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENT SUITABLE JOBS AND THE PROPER FORM OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT.
CHOOSING
ALSO
DURING THE SEMINAR, A FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR CHU CHUN-WAH, GAVE A TALK ON WORK SAFETY, WITH EMPHASIS ON WORK ON CONSTRUCTION SITES AND RESTAURANTS, AND JOBS THAT REQUIRED THE HANDLING OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES AND HEAVY MACHINERY.
MR
CHU
POINTED OUT THAT CONSTRUCT TON SITES INVOLVED VARIETY OF DANGEROUS WORK PROCESSES AND THUS WERE NOT YOUNG PERSONS WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
A
GREAT
SUITABLE
FOR
"IN FACT, THE LEGISLATION PROHIBITING UNTRAINED YOUNG PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 FROM WORKING ON CONSTRUCTION SITES HAD BEEN PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST WEEK," HE SAID.
ALSO
SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR, THE CHIEF COMPLAINT OFFICER OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL, MR CHAN WING-KAI, AND A CHIEF
MR TAM FROM THE POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS BRANCH, INSPECTOR
AND
ADVICE POLICE PING-WAH,
GAVE THEIR VIEWS AND ADVICE.
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