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SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 1977

MACHINERY GUARDING EXHIBITION, A GREAT SUCCESS

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HONG KONG'S FIRST FULL-SCALE MACHINERY GUARDING EXHIBITION, ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AT THE KOWLOON RAIL TERMINUS, HAS PROVED A GREAT SUCCESS.

WHEN THE EXHIBITION FINALLY CLOSED ITS DOORS TO VISITORS AFTER A RUN OF 10 DAYS, A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 38,000 PEOPLE HAVE FILED PASSED THE ADMISSION GATE.

JUDGING FROM THE RANGE OF FAVOURABLE COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THE VISITORS INTERVIEWED BY LABOUR DEPARTMENT STAFF MANNING THE EXHIBITION, IT HAS PROVED TO BE A MOST WELCOMED SHOW FOR INDUSTRIAL ISTS.

ONE FACTORY PROPRIETOR COMMENTED: THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT SHOULD CONSIDER STAGING MORE EXHIBITIONS OF THIS NATURE, PERHAPS ON A SMALLER SCALE, WHENEVER A NEW SET OF SAFETY REGULATIONS IS ENACTED.+

ANOTHER FACTORY MANAGER POINTED OUT: IT IS MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND THE LAW EY VISITING THE EXHIBITION THAN BY READING THE REGULATIONS.+

AN INDUSTRIAL WORKER SAID THAT HE WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OPERATION OF MACHINERY AFTER VISITING THE EXHIBITION WHILE A STUDENT FROM A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE COMMENTED THAT HE FOUND THE EXHIBITION HIGHLY EDUCATIONAL AND ADDED THAT HE HAD NOT REALISED PREVIOUSLY THAT THE SAFETY STANDARDS REQUIRED IN LOCAL INDUSTRY WERE SO HIGH,

MR. T.K. CHAN, INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING OFFICER OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SAID: I THINK WE HAVE HIT THE TARGET AUDIENCE AND BROUGHT THE SAFETY MESSAGE ACROSS TO LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS.

+FOR THOSE INDUSTRIAL PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE MISSED THE CHANCE OF VISITING THE EXHIBITION THEY ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO VISIT OUR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES WHERE WE HAVE A PERMANENT DISPLAY.

+ON THE OTHER HAND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS ARE WELCOME TO JOIN OUR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING COURSES CONDUCTED AT THE CENTRE PERIODICALLY.

+ IF THEY ARE TOO BUSY TO TAKE TIME OUT TO VISIT THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE WE CAN ALWAYS SEND THEM OUR EXPLANATORY MATERIAL SUCH AS OUR HANDBOOK ON GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY AND OTHER LEAFLETS.

+FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND PROPRIETORS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE COMING INTO OPERATION OF THE NEW FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY) REGULATIONS ON APRIL 1.

+UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS, OFFENDERS COULD BE FINED FOR NOT ADEQUATELY GUARDING DANGEROUS PARTS OF THEIR MACHINERY AND FOR NOT USING MACHINE GUARDS PROVIDED,+

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