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The department has also produced a video on the rights and obligations of an employee under a contract of employment. Summer job seekers interested in the video can approach the two Careers Centres and the LES Office in Mong Kok.
Noting that most of the industrial accidents involving summer workers were related to the operation of machinery, fall of person and handling of hot or corrosive substances, Superintendent of Factory Inspectors (Training), Mr Yam Kwong-lun, urged students to stay away from these potentially dangerous jobs.
"Jobs which require the operation of wood-working machinery, the handling of chemicals, toxic substances or fire-related processes are not suitable for summer job students as they have no proper training," he said.
Young persons under 18 years of age are not allowed to operate any lifting appliances driven by mechanical power or give signals to the driver of the appliance. They are also prohibited from cleaning any dangerous part of machinery in notifiable workplaces.
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Moreover, the law forbids untrained young persons to work on construction
"Students who want to work in catering establishments should exercise extra care to avoid work injuries as they might be required to use sharp knives or hot cooking equipment on a potentially slippery floor," Mr Yam added.
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Feature articles in statistical digest
Two feature articles entitled "The Specification Price Survey of Imports and Exports" and "Hospitalisation" are published in the May 1996 issue of the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics.
The specification price survey of imports and exports for selected commodity items has been conducted by the Census and Statistics Department since August 1982.
Price data collected from the survey are used to compile specification price indices for selected commodity items. These specification price indices are incorporated into the Unit Value Index system of trade statistics to improve the precision and reliability of the measurement of price movements in external trade.