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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1974

+FIRST-AIDERS HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY ON THE

SHOPFLOOR IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. FACTORY PROPRIETORS ARE

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REQUIRED BY LAUS TO PROVIDE A TRAINED FIRST-AIDER FOR EVERY

100 EMPLOYEES.+

MR. HENDERSON SAID THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE WAS STILL GETTING A VERY GOOD RESPONSE TO ITS

FIRST-AID COURSES BEING RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ST. JOHN

ANBULANCE ASSOCIATION.

+WE'VE SO FAR HAD 632 APPLICATIONS FROM 185 DIFFERENT

FIRMS

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BY FAR THE BEST RESPONSE EVER, HE SAID.

+ORIGINALLY VE HAD PLANNED THREE COURSES THEN WE HAD TO

ADD ANOTHER SEVEN AND THEN A FURTHER TWO. NOU WE'RE PLANNING

11 MORE.

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+HQUEVER I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT KORE BUILDING CONTRACTORS

ARE NOT SHOWING INTEREST. THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAS,

AFTER ALL, BY FAR THE WORST ACCIDENT PATE IN HONG KONG.

+SO FAR ONLY 30 OUT OF THE 1,800 REGISTERED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAVE SENT THEIR EMPLOYEES ALONG FOR

FIRST-AID TRAINING.

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+THIS IS PARTICULARLY BAD IN VIEU OF THE FACT THAT THE

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS WILL BE COMING INTO

FORCE ON MAY 1.

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