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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1980

TALKS BY LABOUR OFFICERS

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OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT GAVE A TOTAL OF 19 TALKS TO PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS LAST MONTH (JANUARY).

THE LECTURES COVERING DIFFERENT TOPICS WERE GIVEN TO VARIOUS GROUPS, RANGING FROM TRADE UNIONS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES TO NURSES IN A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL.

TOPICS INCLUDED INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT, LABOUR LEGISLATION, THE MEDICAL ASPECTS OF WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR AND LAWS ON AIR POLLUTION AND EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS.

LAST YEAR A TOTAL OF 129 TALKS WERE GIVEN, OF WHICH 42 WERE GIVEN BY OFFICERS OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS SERVICE AND 35 BY OFFICERS OF THE FACTORY INSPECTORATE, THE REMAINDER WAS GIVEN BY THE DEPARTMENT'S OTHER UNITS.

FIRING PRACTICE *****

FIRING PRACTICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE HA TSUEN-CASTLE PEAK RANGE ON TWO DAYS THIS WEEK.

THE PUBLIC ARE WARMED NOT TO ENTER THE AREA WHEN RED FLAGS ARE FLYING DURING THE TIME OF PRACTICE.

THE PRACTISING TIMES ARE:

DATE

TIME

FEBRUARY 21 (THURSDAY)

8 AM - 10.30 PM

FEBRUARY 22 (FRIDAY)

8.30 AM

4 PM