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Friday, May 11, 1973

CONFERENCE ON ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Safety on Hong Kong building sites or the lack of it will

be the subject of a special conference next Wednesday (May 16) being organised

jointly by the Labour Department's Industrial Safety Training Centre and

Jardine Insurance.

About 40 management representatives from leading Hong Kong construction

companies will attend the day-long conference, which will be held in the

Canton Road Government Offices, Kowloon.

The conference will be officially opened at 9.30 a.. by Mr. Szeto Wai,

Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and one of Hong Kong's best-known

architects and engineers.

The agenda will include a series of papers, films, and discussion

sessions specifically designed to illustrate different aspects of accident

prevention on construction sites.

Mr. A.H. Carter, the Labour Department's Industrial Safety Training

Officer, will present the first paper, and Mr. David Lin, Assistant Commissioner

of Labour, will conclude the conference with a paper entitled "Building Construction,

Safety and The Law".

The conference is the first joint venture of its kind between the

Labour Department and a major insurance company.

"We are delighted that Jardine Insurance has joined us in sponsoring

this project," Mr. Carter said today.

"Insurance