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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994
GOODS VEHICLE BORDER CROSSING RESUMES
NORMAL
CONTAINER AND GOODS VEHICLE DRIVERS HAVE RESUMED THEIR
HUANGGANG CHECKPOINT FOLLOWING A BORDER CROSSING AT LOK MA CHAU VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WITH SHENZHEN OFFICIALS RESOLVE ISSUES CONCERNING NEW BORDER CROSSING PROCEDURES BY THE CHINESE SIDE.
PRINCIPAL
ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR
TRANSPORT,
TO
IMPLEMENTED
MR CHENG, WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING, SAID: "BOTH YESTERDAY'S AND MEETINGS WERE SET UP THROUGH THE BORDER LIAISON CHANNELS OF SIDES.
DRIVERS' FROM
AUGUSTINE TODAY'S THE TWO
"AT TODAY'S
REPRESENTATIVES, MEETING, APART OFFICIALS FROM TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, POLICE, IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES AND EXCISE DEPARTMENTS WERE ALSO PRESENT. WERE REPRESENTED BY OFFICIALS FROM ALL BORDER UNITS.
MR
SAID:
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IN A "THE
CORDIAL CHENG
MEETING TOOK PLACE POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE, WITH ALL PARTIES WERE DETERMINED TO RESOLVE PROBLEM.
AND THE
DRIVERS'
THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES HAVE AGREED TO IMPLEMENT THE SUGGESTIONS PUT FORWARD TO IMPROVE THE BORDER CROSSING PROCEDURES.
"IN FACT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES SINCE YESTERDAY," HE SAID.
BY
SHENZHEN
APART FROM THE EXISTING BORDER LIAISON CHANNELS, THE AUTHORITIES HAVE ALSO AGREED AT TODAY'S MEETING TO MEET DRIVERS ON BI-MONTHLY BASIS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST.
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A
SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS HELP REDUCE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
IN
AN HONG
ANALYSIS OF THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS KONG SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY TAKING SIMPLE PRECAUTIONS OR SIMPLY BY FOLLOWING PROPER WORK PROCEDURE.
AN ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR MAK SAI-YIU, MADE THE REMARKS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) AT A LUNCHEON MEETING WITH THE INSURANCE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ALTHOUGH THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENACTING AND ENFORCING LAWS ON SAFETY AND HEALTH OF WORKERS IN INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS, MR MAK SAID EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES HAD A MORE IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN REDUCING INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
"BETTER HOUSEKEEPING AND PLANNING IN THE WORKPLACE AND SIMPLE COMMON SENSE WILL ALSO DO MAGIC IN REDUCING ACCIDENTS.
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