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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1979

INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION WELL RECEIVED

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT KOWLOON RAIL TERMINUS HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY FACTORY PROPRIETORS, MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, WORKERS AND STUDENTS FROM TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOLS.

A FACTORY PROPRIETOR DESCRIBED THE EXHIBITION AS HIGHLY INTERESTING AND USEFUL TO MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS ALIKE.

+BY USING REAL EXHIBITS OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, MACHINERY WITH GOOD STANDARDS OF GUARDING AND EYE-CATCHING WORKING MODELS, THE EXHIBITION HAS SUCCESSFULLY GOT THE SAFETY MESSAGE ACROSS.

IT ALSO EXPLAINS VARIOUS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN A SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE MANNER, HE SAID.

A FACTORY MANAGER SAID THE EXHIBITION PROVIDED HIM WITH THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR EFFECTIVELY GUARDING MACHINES AND TESTING AND MAINTAINING ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND EQUIPMENT IN HIS FACTORY.

A WORKER AFTER SEEING A MOCK-UP ACCIDENT STAND SAID. +I DID NOT FULLY REALISE THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF THE MACHINE I HAVE BEEN USING UNTIL I VISITED THE EXHIBITION.+

A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE STUDENT SAID HE HAD LEARNED FROM THE EXHI EXHIBITION WHAT HE COULD NOT LEARN FROM TEXT BOOKS.

+NOW | REALISE THAT VARIOUS RISKS THAT EXIST IN FACTORIES CAN BE AVOIDED BY ADOPTING APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.

+1 SHALL HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE WHEN I LEAVE SCHOOL AND JOIN INDUSTRY AS MY FUTURE CAREER,+ HE ADDED.

WITH ONLY TWO DAYS BEFORE THE EXHIBITION CLOSES, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF FACTORY INSPECTOR, MR. CHAN STU-LAP URGED FACTORY MANAGEMENTS TO ENCOURAGE AND RELEASE THEIR WORKERS TO VISIT THE EXHIBITION,

+APART FROM MANAGEMENT, IT IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR WORKERS TO HAVE A BETTER KNOWLEDGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE HIGH RATE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS WILL LEVEL OFF IF OUR WORKFORCE BECOMES MORE SAFETY CONSCIOUS,+ HE NOTED.

THE EXHIBITION OPENS DAILY FROM 10.30 A.M. TO 7.30 P.M. UNTIL NEXT MONDAY.

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