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MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1977

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INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER COMPETITION

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A 17-YEAR-OLD STUDENT, YIU YAU-HUNG OF TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL, TOPPED A LIST OF 280 ENTRIES FOR THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER AND SAFETY SLOGAN COMPETITION AND WON A CASH PRIZE OF $250.

ANOTHER PRIZE OF $200 WENT TO 14-YEAR-OLD LEUNG NAI-FAI OF KOWLOON TECHNICAL SCHOOL.

AS AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE STUDENTS, THE ORGANISERS HAVE DECIDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CONSOLATION PRIZES OF $100 EACH FROM THREE TO SIX. THE WINNERS WERE CHOW YUK-HAM (16) OF JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LEE KAM-KWONG (16) OF VICTORIA TECHNICAL SCHOOL, CHAN CHI-HUNG (17) OF SHEUNG KWAI CHUNG GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LO YAN-PIN (14) OF KEI HEEP SECONDARY MODERN SCHOOL, CHIU CHUI-WAN (17) OF TSUEN WAN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AND LAI SIU-MING (17) OF SHEUNG KWAI CHUNG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL.

ON THE SAFETY SLOGAN SIDE THE FIRST PRIZE OF $150 WENT TO CATHERINE NG YUK-KING (15) OF OUR LADY'S COLLEGE, WHILE THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES OF $120 AND $80 WENT TO CHAN SHING-FAI (17) OF JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL AND ANGELA WONG AI-WAH OF OUR LADY'S COLLEGE RESPECTIVELY. THERE WERE 130 ENTRIES FOR THE SAFETY SLOGAN COMPETITION.

THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, MR. LEE CHAK-PUI WILL PRESENT THE PRIZES TO THE WINNERS AT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN KOWLOON ON WEDNESDAY.

COMMENTING ON THE COMPETITION, A LABOUR DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS WE HAVE ORGANISED SIMILAR INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER COMPETITIONS BUT THIS YEAR WE HAVE INCLUDED A NEW ITEM -- THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY SLOGAN.

+ THE AIM OF THESE COMPETITIONS IS TO AROUSE THE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MACHINERY SAFETY AMONG FACTORY WORKERS.

+THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION IS ALSO TIMED TO COINCIDE WITH THE COMING INTO OPERATION OF THE NEWLY ENACTED FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (GUARDING AND OPERATION OF MACHINERY REGULATIONS) WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE RATE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS DOWN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.+

NOTE TO EDITORS:

PRIZES WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE WINNERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER AND SLOGAN COMPETITION AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT 3.30 P.M. IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE ON THE 3RD FLOOR (ROOM 317) OF THE CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES ON WEDNESDAY (APRIL 20).

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CEREMONY.

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