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TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1979

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LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO CONTINUE TO

PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY IN HONG KONG IN THE YEARS TO COME.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS TODAY (TUESDAY) IN RESPONSE TO A SUGGESTION BY A FACTORY PROPRIETOR THAT MORE

INDUSTRIAL SAFETY EXHIBITIONS SHOULD BE STAGED IN FUTURE.

+THE EXHIBITION IS ONLY ONE OF OUR MEASURES TO REDUCE INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AND WE WILL CERTAINLY CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS IN THE YEARS TO COME, HE STRESSED.

THE PROPRIETOR, AFTER VISITING THE EXHIBITION YESTERDAY (MONDAY) THE EXHIBITION'S CLOSING DAY, SAID +EXHIBITIONS OF THIS NATURE AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.+

SHARING THIS VIEW, A FACTORY MANAGER SAID IT WAS MUCH EASIER TO UNDERSTAND INDUSTRIAL SAFETY BY VISITING THE EXHIBITION THAN BY READING THE TEXTS OF VARIOUS SETS OF REGULATIONS.

THE 11-DAY EXHIBITION WHICH CLOSED YESTERDAY HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY A TROPICAL STORM AND A TYPHOON.

FOR AT LEAST FOUR DAYS, THE 11-DAY EXHIBITION WAS AFFECTED BY INCLEMENT WEATHER BROUGHT ABOUT BY TROPICAL STORM GORDON AND TYPHOON HOPE.

THE EXHIBITION WAS FORCED TO CLOSE LAST THURSDAY WHEN TYPHOON HOPE BATTERED HONG KONG WITH HURRICANE WINDS.

DESPITE THIS, THE EXHIBITION STILL ATTRACTED THOUSANDS OF FACTORY MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, WORKERS AND TECHNICAL STUDENTS.

AND THEY HAVE FAVOURABLY COMMENTED ON THE OBJECTIVES AND CONTENTS OF THE EXHIBITION.

A WORKER SAID THAT AFTER SEEING VARIOUS EXHIBITS AND EXPLANATORY NOTES IN THE EXHIBITION, HE REALISED INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WAS IMPORTANT.

+1 AM NOW ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE DANGEROUS PARTS OF THE MACHINES I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT, HE ADDED.

A STUDENT FROM A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SAID: +BY VISITING THE EXHIBITION, I HAVE A CLEAR CONCEPT OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH, I FIND IT MOST BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEANING OF SAFE WORKING PLACES AND WHAT GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS ARE BEFORE WE ENTER INTO INDUSTRY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.+

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