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Tuesday, March 26, 1974

"This is the most satifying response we have ever had to these

courses, " he said. "I hope these employers will also be taking advantage

of our other safety and accident prevention courses.

"For quite some time now industry has been faced with a sovere

shortage of trained first-aid personnel. I hope that this new display

of awareness and co-operation from industry marks the beginning of an

end of this problem.

"Under the law, an industrial proprietor must provide a qualified

first-aid officer for every 100 workers he employs.

"In the case of construction sites, there must be a person

trained in first aid on every site with 30 or more workers. A. site

with 100 or more workers must have at least two trained people on site.

"And I would remind Hong Kong's hundreds of building contractors

that the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations come into effect on

May 1 so there's not that much time left now for those who haven't

yet complied with the law to do so."

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