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Thursday, August 16, 1973

He said: "All training courses are offered free of charge as part of the Labour Department's services to industry. Course programmes have recently been sent to 3,638 factories inviting them to take part."

"Apart from the comparatively minor cost of releasing the staff from work, this is a free investment for employers in industrial safety - and I am sure that the dividends will be more than handsome for both employers and workers," Mr. Chan said.

In accident prevention, he stressed, management must take the same kind of loadership as it does in production and marketing.

"It is only by applying to accident prevention the basic principles

planning, organising, directing and controlling

of management

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that there will be any reduction in the waste of human and financial resources caused each year by accidents," Mr. Chan said.

Release Time: 7.30 p.",