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Friday, February 1, 1974

SAFETY STANDARDS OF SAN PO KONG FACTORY PRAISED

The Commissioner of Labour, Mr. Ian Price today praised the

management and workers of a large Kowloon watch-strap factory for their

successful efforts in keeping down the industrial accident rate.

Mr. Price was visiting the Stelux Manufacturing Company Limited

in San Po Kong

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the fifth in a series of factory visits to enable him

to keep up-to-date about local working conditions. He was accompanied by

Mr. Barry Walsh, Principal Information Officer, and Mr. Stanislaus Tsao,

Labour Officer in charge of the Industrial Undertaking Unit.

After touring the factory, Mr. Price said he was impressed by

the factory's high standard of housekeeping and excellent layout, which

provided good and safe working conditions.

He told workers they had contributed greatly to accident provention

by playing their part in maintaining a good standard of housekeeping. "If

all workers in Hong Kong were as safety conscious as you, the number of

accidents at work would not have reached the present disturbing level," he

Gaid.

In the factory, with a work force of 2,100, there has not been one

fatal accident during the past ten years, and there have been less than 10

minor accidents a year.

year "This is a record of which management, foremen and

employees should be proud; and their success in accident prevention sets a

good example to other factories," Mr. Price caid.

During a