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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1975

MR. HUNG SAID THAT BESIDES A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND SAFE WORKING FACILITIES, AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THE PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WAS DETERMINATION AND ATTITUDE.

HE SAID LABOUR AND MANAGEMENT SHOULD CO-OPERATE IN CONSTANTLY CULTIVATING SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS, SO THEY ALWAYS BORE IN MIND THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING WORK ACCIDENTS, AND BOTH THEREFORE ADOPTED THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONERY MEASURES. THIS WOULD ACHIEVE FAR BETTER RESULTS THAN THE ENACTMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION.

MR. HUNG CONGRATULATED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT ON ITS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. HE SAID THESE EFFORTS HAD LED MANY INDUSTRIALISTS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES TO REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS.

HE PLEDGED THE CMA'S COMPLETE SUPPORT FOR THOSE EFFORTS.

MR. HUNG SAID THAT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT. THE CMA HAD IN RECENT YEARS ORGANISED A SERIES OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION ACTIVITIES WHICH HAD RECEIVED TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS. HE LOOKED FORWARD TO EVEN BETTER CO-OPERATION IN FUTURE BETWEEN THE CMA AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT IN THIS RESPECT.

COMMENTING ON THE SAFETY OFFICER TRAINING COURSES, THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING OFFICER. MR. T.K. CHAN. SAID THEY PROVIDED AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES.

+THE COURSE CONTENT WAS WIDE-RANGING, FROM THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AFFECTING ACCIDENT PREVENTION TO MODERN CONCEPTS OF SAFETY ORGANISATION. IN ADDITION TO THEORETICAL TRAINING, CASE STUDIES AND PRACTICAL VISITS WERE INCLUDED.+

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