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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1976

+ IF THIS EXUBERANT ECONOMY OF THE PACIFIC AND ASIAN REGION IS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AS WE HOPE IT WILL THERE WILL BE MUCH NEED FOR THE SUPPORT, THE ADVICE AND DISCIPLINE THE PROFESSION OF ACCOUNTANTS CAN PROVIDE.

+HERE IN HONG KONG THE NEED FOR COMPETENT ACCOUNTANTS IS AS GREAT AS ANYWHERE, AND IT WAS A HAPPY EVENT WHEN FOUR YEARS AGO THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS WAS ESTABLISHED. I AM DELIGHTED THAT IT HAS SO QUICKLY GROWN IN STATURE AND RECOGNITION THAT IT IS NOW ABLE TO HOST THIS GREAT GATHERING.

+HONG KONG HEARTILY WELCOMES YOU ALL TO THIS EIGHTH CONFERENCE OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ACCOUNTANTS AND HAVE GREAT PLEASURE IN DECLARING IT OPEN,+

IMPORTANT ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFICERS

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ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MRS. SOO MOK SAU-HA, TODAY (MONDAY) STRESSED THE VITAL ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFICERS PLAYED IN PREVENTING ACCIDENTS AT WORK.

SHE WAS SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF 21 TRAINEES FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE INDUSTRY AT THE OPENING OF A SIX-WEEK FULL-TIME COURSE AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE AT THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

MRS. SOC SAID: +INCREASED INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY IN RECENT YEARS HAS RESULTED IN MORE ACCIDENTS.

* IN ORDER TO CHECK THE APPALLING ACCIDENT RATE, INDUSTRY IS IN NEED OF MORE TRAINED SAFETY OFFICERS TO BRING HOME SAFETY MESSAGES TO BOTH EMPLOYERS AND THE WORKERS.+

MRS. SOC TOLD THE PARTICIPANTS THAT THE JOB OF AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFICER WAS BOTH MEANINGFUL AND CHALLENGING.

SHE SAID HIS MAIN ROLE WAS TO BRIDGE THE COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT AND WORKER IN SAFETY PROMOTION AND ACCIDENT PREVENTION.

+BY EDUCATING THE WORKERS ON SAFE WORKING PRACTICES AND IMPLEMENTING THE COMPANY'S SAFETY POLICY, HE HELPS REDUCE INDUSTRIAL HAZARDS AND PREVENT ACCIDENTS FROM ARISING, SHE POINTED OUT.

MRS. SOO URGED THE TRAINEES TO PASS ON TO OTHERS THE SAFETY KNOWLEDGE THEY ACQUIRED AND HELP PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN HONG KONG.

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