XN000022-1975-01-11 — Page 2

NICK CARTER

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1975

*MR. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY RETIRES

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· HONG KONG'S +MR. INDUSTRIAL SAFETY+ RETIRES

THIS MONTH AFTER 19 YEARS' IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

MR. CARTER, WHO HAS BEEN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING OFFICER FOR EIGHT YEARS, BEGINS PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON JANUARY 28.

HE IS LEAVING HONG KONG CONVINCED THAT ATTITUDES TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY ARE CHANGING FOR THE BETTER - IF ONLY SLOWLY.

+GIVEN MORE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM MANAGEMENT, I THINK THEY WILL CHANGE EVEN MORE - AND THIS CAN ONLY BE FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE,+ HE SAID.

MR. CARTER IS ONE OF THE BEST QUALIFIED MEN IN HONG KONG TO TALK ABOUT ACCIDENT PREVENTION - HE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE SUBJECT FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS AND HAS SPECIALISED IN IT FOR THE PAST 20.

HIS WORK WITH THE INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS UNIT OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS MADE HIM A WELL-KNOWN - AND HIGHLY- RESPECTED - VISITOR TO FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND CONSTRUCTION SITES.

A SENIOR COLLEAGUE SAYS, +NICK HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN HONG KONG HE HAS NEVER TIRED OF TRYING TO ACHIEVE BETTER RESULTS.

+AND HE HAS A GREAT CAPACITY FOR GETTING THINGS DONE- HE KNOWS MANY PEOPLE, AND MANY PEOPLE KNOW HIM.+

MR. CARTER HIMSELF SAYS HE WILL MISS HONG KONG. +BUT. + HE ADDS

*ONE OF MY REGRETS IS THAT THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRY, PARTICULARLY ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITES HAS NOT SHOWN ANY REAL SIGNS OF DECREASING.

+THIS SITUATION SHOULD IMPROVE, AND WITH CURRENT AND NEW LEGISLATION, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT, I'M SURE IT WILL.

ONE OF HIS LAST DUTIES WAS TO ASSIST WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION SAFETY EXHIBITION AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE IN CAUSEWAY BAY.

MR. CARTER STARTED HIS CAREER WITH VICKERS LTD. AS AN ENGINEERING APPRENTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BUT BEFORE HE CAME TO HONG KONG IN 1956, HE SPENT HIS WORKING LIFE WITH THE ADMIRALTY NOW THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (NAVY).

+FROM THE BEGINNING OF MY WORKING LIFE I WAS MADE TO FEEL CONSCIOUS OF NOT ONLY DOING A JOB WELL, BUT OF DOING IT SAFELY, HE SAYS.

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