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SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1974

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MR. HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT MOST WORKERS WERE HURT EITHER BECAUSE CORRECT WORKING PRACTICES WERE NOT FOLLOWED, MANAGEMENT HAD NOT PROVIDED SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS, OR THERE WAS NO PROPER SUPERVISION OF WORK. +AND THIS COMES ABOUT BECAUSE NEITHER WORKER, NOR FOREMAN NOR MANAGEMENT HAS BEEN ADEQUATELY TRAINED IN WORK SAFETY, HE SAID.

+IN VIEW OF THE WIDE RANGE OF FREE COURSES PROVIDED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS.

+IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT INDUSTRY SHOULD APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY TRAINING. AND UNLESS INDUSTRY IS EQUIPPED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION, THE WAR AGAINST THE WORK ACCIDENTS CAN NEVER BE WON,+ MR. HENDERSON SAID.

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WATERWORKS INSPECTOR RETIRING

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MR. YUE KAM-KAU, WATERWORKS INSPECTOR I, WILL BE RETIRING SOON AFTER 23 YEARS' SERVICE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE DIRECTOR OF WATER SUPPLIES, MR. WILFRED KNIGHT, WILL PRESENT A FAREWELL GIFT TO MR. YUE ON BEHALF OF HIS FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES ON MONDAY (MAY 27).

MP YUE FIRST JOINED THE WATERWORKS OFFICE AS AN ASSISTANT WATERWORKS INSPECTOR IN DECEMBER 1951. HE WAS PROMOTED TO WATERWORKS INSPECTOR II IN 1960 AND TO HIS SUBSTANTIVE POST IN 1968. SINCE 1969, MR. YUE HAS BEEN WORKING AS A WELFARE OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE.CORDIALLY INVITED TO HAVE THE OCCASION COVERED. THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 4.30 P.M. ON MONDAY IN THE P.W.D. CONFERENCE ROOM, 21ST FLOOR, MURRAY BUILDING, GARDEN ROAD.

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