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TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1976

EMPLOYERS URGED TO USE COURSES ON ABRASIVE WHEELS

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IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT ABRASIVE WHEELS - USED IN HUNDREDS OF HONG KONG FACTORIES CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY TO WORKERS, FEW EMPLOYERS WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SAFETY TRAINING COURSES RUN BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FEATURING THESE POTENTIALLY LETHAL TOOLS.

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING OFF ICER, MR. T.K. CHAN, SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD SENT LETTERS TO FACTORIES EMPLOYING MORE THAN 50 PEOPLE ENCOURAGING EMPLOYERS TO SEND WORKERS TO THE COURSE, BUT THE RESPONSE HAD BEEN SO POOR THAT SOME PLANNED COURSES HAD TO BE CANCELLED.

HE WENT ON : +OF THE 601 WHO DID ATTEND, MOST WERE FROM LARGE FIRMS SUCH AS THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY AND THE HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY.

*UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ABRASIVE WHEELS) REGULATIONS WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR, EMPLOYERS ARE OBLIGED TO ENSURE THAT WORKERS WHO HAVE TO USE ABRASIVE WHEELS ARE COMPETENT TO DO SO. OUR COURSES - WHICH ARE FREE - ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THEM MEET THAT OBLIGATION AND THEY ARE UNWISE NOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM.+

THE NEXT COURSE IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 10, NINE MORE COURSES HAVE ALSO BEEN ARRANGED FOR THIS MONTH AND THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

WATER STOPPAGE

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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN KWUN TONG WILL BE INTERRUPTED FROM 1 A.M. TO 6 A.M. ON FRIDAY (MARCH 5) TO ENABLE THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT LEAKAGE TESTS.

THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY SHUI NING STREET, KA LOK STREET, HIP WO STREET AND YUET WAH STREET, INCLUDING WO LOK ESTATE BLOCKS 1 TO 11.

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