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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1994
BUT I SHOULD EMPHASISE
THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE COST- BENEFIT EFFECTIVE FOR US TO FOCUS ON AREAS WHERE THEY WOULD GENUINELY FROM LEGISLATIVE CONTROL. WE SHALL HAVE TO JUDGE EACH AND EVERY CASE ON ITS OWN MERITS.
THE REASON
FOR THIS IS SIMPLE.
DESPITE THE DECLINE IN THE AT NUMBER OF MANUFACTURING WORKERS, THE NUMBER OF FACTORIES REMAINS
DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE ITS ABOUT
THE LABOUR 60,000. THOUGH
MONITOR INSPECTION ON FACTORIES, SOME STAFF WILL BE RE-DEPLOYED TO
ACCIDENT RATE IS STILL SAFETY AT UNACCEPTABLY HIGH.
CONSTRUCTION
SITES
WHERE THE
WE NOW HAVE 220,000 NON-INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS NOT COVERED IF GOVERNMENT BY THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE.
ALL OF THESE WERE TO EXTEND THE SCOPE OF THE LEGISLATION TO COVER ESTABLISHMENTS, THE ADDITIONAL MANPOWER REQUIRED COULD RANGE FROM ONE- THIRD TO TWICE THAT OF THE PRESENT FACTORY INSPECTORATE ESTABLISHMENT, LARGE DEPENDING ON WHETHER WE CHOOSE TO ACT ON COMPLAINTS AND INSPECT ESTABLISHMENTS ONLY, OR WHETHER WE UNDERTAKE FULL-SCALE INSPECTIONS OF ALL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS.
HYGIENISTS
MEDICAL
IN
AND
TRAINING
DOCTORS, IN ADDITION, WE MIGHT ALSO NEED ABOUT 20
AND NURSES. EVEN LEAVING ASIDE THE OCCUPATIONAL
THE STAFF SUCH A SCALE OF INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES,
TREMENDOUS WOULD
RECRUITMENT ESTABLISHMENT
IMPOSE DIFFICULTIES FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. IN THE SHORT-TERM, PUT ENORMOUS PRESSURE ON EXISTING STAFF RESOURCES, DILUTE NEEDED EFFORTS ON THE MONITORING OF THOSE INDUSTRIES REQUIRING ATTENTION, AND OVER-STRETCH THE MANAGEMENT'S PLANNING FOR BETTER INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN THE HIGH-RISK REALITY, THEREFORE, WE WOULD HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PROGRESS STEP.
FULLY
IT WOULD THE MUCH MOST URGENTLY ATTENTION IN SECTORS. IN STEP BY
TRAT GOVERNMENT IS I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY REITERATING
THE DETERMINED TO ENHANCE THE STANDARD OF SAFETY AND HEALTH IN
WORKPLACE:
TOGETHER WITH THE WORKS BRANCH, WE ARE WORDING VIGOROUSLY ON
WE AIM TO INTRODUCE 5PIECES AN ACTIVE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.
IN THE NEXT OF PRIMARY
LEGISLATION AND SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATIVE SESSION;
INSPECTORATE
WE HAVE INCREASED THE ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY OF
OVER THE LAST COUPLE SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGH THE REDEPLOYMENT ADDITIONAL POSTS;
OF STAFF AND
THE
THE FACTORY OF YEARS PROVISION
OF
TOGETHER WITH THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COUNCIL, SHALL BE PROMOTING SAFETY MESSAGES EVEN MORE VIGOROUSLY THE MONTHS AHEAD; AND
WE
IN
HOW WE MAY INDUSTRIAL SAFETY
WE ARE ALSO GIVING SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO EMBARK ON AN EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMME IN THE LONGER TERM, AND HOW BEST TO EMBED A SAFETY CULTURE IN THE WORKPLACE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, NOBODY CAN BETTER LOOK AFTER SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT THAN AND EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES.
THE EMPLOYERS
THERE IS