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SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1975

+THE ADMIRALTY WAS ALWAYS VERY CONCERNED WITH ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND FELT WE WEREN'T DOING OUR JOB PROPERLY IF THERE WERE ACCIDENTS.+

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IN 1950, MR. CARTER THEN AN INSPECTOR OF ENGINEERING FITTERS - VENT TO SRI LANKA (FORMERLY CEYLON) FOR THREE YEARS WITH THE ADMIRALTY - AND IT WAS THIS +SMELL OF THE EAST+ THAT PERSUADED HIM TO +HAVE A GO AT HONG KONG+ IN 1956.

OVER THE YEARS, MR. CARTER HAS PICKED UP AN IMPRESSIVE

HE HOLDS A DIPLOMA IN SAFETY STRING OF QUALIFICATIONS. MANAGEMENT, IS A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFICERS AND THE INSTITUTION OF TRAINING OFFICERS, AND A LICENTIATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF FIRE ENGINEERS.

LAST YEAR, HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE INSTITUTION OF TRAINING OFFICERS.

ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS HE LEAVES IN HONG KONG IS THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRE AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S KOWLOON REGIONAL OFFICE IN CANTON ROAD.

MR. CARTER HAS BEEN LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE CENTRE WHAT IT IS TODAY - ONE OF THE DEST EQUIPPED SAFETY TRAINING CENTRES IN THE FAR EAST.

DESPITE THE SUCCESS OF THE CENTRE - IT RAN ITS 500TH COURSE IN 1974 - MR. CARTER IS STILL DISMAYED BY THE ATTITUDE TO WORK SAFETY IN HONG KONG.

+WORKERS HERE STILL DO NOT SEEM TO APPRECIATE THE HAZARDS THAT SURROUND THEM EVERY DAY, ALTHOUGH THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS BEGINNING TO SHOW DEFINITE SIGNS OF CHANGE, HE SAYS.

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+BUT UNLESS THE CHANGE COMES AT THE TOP

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AT BOARD-ROOM

WE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE A REAL DENT IN THE PROBLEM. +

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF MR. CARTER'S PHOTOGRAPH ARE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM THE GIS PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.

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