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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1975

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY URGED TO PROMOTE WORK SAFETY

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ABOUT ONE SIXTH OF ALL ACCIDENTS AT WORK OCCUR ON CONSTRUCTION SITES, SAID THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR. FAN PRICE TODAY,

CALLING FOR A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT BY CONTRACTORS, SUPERVISORS AND WORKERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO PROMOTE WORK SAFETY, HE SAID: +WITH THE ADVENT OF LARGE ENGINEERING PROJECTS, BUILDING CONTRACTORS SHOULD STRICTLY APPLY SAFETY MEASURES AND TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN EDUCATING THEIR STAFF IN MODERN ACCIDENT PREVENTION TECHNIQUES.+

MR. PRICE MADE THIS COMMENT AFTER TOURING THE HEADLAND SITE OF THE OCEAN PARK IN WONG CHUK HANG - ONE OF HIS REGULAR +KEEPING UP TO DATE+ VISITS.

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THE OCEAN PARK PROJECT A MARINE PARK IN A SCENIC SPOT ALONG THE SEAFRONT OF WONG CHUK HANG - COMPRISES SEVERAL CONTRACTS OF WHICH THE HEADLAND SITE, UNDERTAKEN BY HS IN CHONG CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD., IS THE LARGEST.

MR. PRICE SAID THE COMPANY'S EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF WORK SAFETY HAD SET A GOOD EXAMPLE TO OTHERS.

IN ADDITION TO REGULAR MEETINGS AT MANAGERIAL LEVEL TO DISCUSS SAFETY PROBLEMS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF SAFETY SUPERVISORS,THE COMPANY RUNS FIRST AID TRAINING COURSES, AND SUBSIDIZES THE ATTENDANCE BY STAFF AT SAFETY TRAINING COURSES ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE HONG KONG PRODUCTIVITY CENTRE.

HE URGED BUILDING CONTRACTORS AND INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYERS TO MAKE GREATER USE OF THE FREE FACILITIES OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE WHICH OFFERS BASIC, ADVANCED AND SPECIALISED SAFETY COURSES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

+APART FROM THE COMPARATIVELY MINOR COST OF RELEASING THEIR STAFF FROM WORK, THIS IS A REWARDING INVESTMENT BY MANAGEMENT,+ HE ADDED.

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