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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1977

HE SAID THE FOUNDATION AND CARITAS PLANNED TO OPEN THE TUEN MUN SCHOOL WITH A FIRST BATCH OF 360 BOYS AND GIRLS IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

HE DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS THE FRUIT OF FOUR-CORNERED PLANNING BY THE MARDEN FOUNDATION, THE PEOPLE OF TUEN MUN, CARITAS AND THE GOVERNMENT. +THE PROGRAMME HAS BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT TO MEET THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE OF TUEN MUN AND TO MATCH THEM WITH THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC REALITIES OF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE,+ HE ADDED.

MR. ROGER LOBO, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CARITAS-HONG KONG, TOLD GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY THAT THE SCHOOL PROJECT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF CREATIVE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AND A VOLUNTARY AGENCY.

HE SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE MARDEN FOUNDATION- CARITAS SCHOOL AT SHA TIN WOULD START BY THE END OF THE YEAR WHILE PLANS WERE NOW BEING FINALISED FOR THE CHAI WAN SCHOOL.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPEECHES, THE COMMEMORATIVE STONE, THE SITE AND CONSTRUCTION WORK WERE BLESSED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF HONG KONG, THE MOST REV. JOHN B. WU.

CONTROL ON MOVING OF PILE-DRIVERS ****

THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, THE HON. IAN PRICE, SAID TODAY THAT NOTWITHSTANDING THERE HAD BEEN ONLY ONE COLLAPSE OF A PILE-DRIVER IN THE LAST 14 MONTHS REGULATIONS WILL BE EXAMINED TO SEE IF EFFECTIVE CONTROL COULD BE PROVIDED OVER THE MOVING OF PILE-DRIVERS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER ON CONSTRUCTION SITES.

HE WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BY THE HON. WONG LAM WHO ASKED IF GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED PRESENT CONTROL OVER THE USE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVE.

MR. PRICE SAID THAT HE WAS SATISFIED THAT IN GENERAL TERMS THE CONSTRUCTION SITES SAFETY REGULATIONS PROVIDED EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER EQUIPMENT USED ON SITES, HE POINTED OUT THAT HE HAD TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 10 LAST YEAR THAT THESE PARTICULAR REGULATIONS WERE UNDER REVIEW.

+HOWEVER, HE SAID, +1 MUST STRESS THAT LEGISLATION ALONE CANNOT PREVENT ACCIDENTS ARISING.+

+WHAT IS ALSO NEEDED IS GOOD SUPERVISION AND AN ACCEPTANCE ON THE PART OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT THAT ACCIDENT PREVENTION SHOULD BE A MAJOR PART OF THEIR POLICIES, MR. PRICE ADDED.

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