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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1980

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MR HAMMOND PRAISED HS IN CHONG COMPANY FOR ITS CONCERN ABOUT INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND ITS INITIATIVE IN REQUESTING THE CENTRE TO ORGANISE THE TRAINING COURSE FOR ITS EMPLOYEES.

+I SINCERELY HOPE OTHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND FACTORY MANAGEMENTS WILL FOLLOW HS IN CHONG'S EXAMPLE AND ENCOURAGE AND RELEASE THEIR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND THE SAFETY TRAINING COURSES OFFERED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SAID MR HAMMOND.

HE STRESSED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WAS DETERMINED TO DO ITS BEST TO IMPROVE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND TO ENFORCE SAFETY LEGISLATION.

+BUT IF THE RATE OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IS TO BE REDUCED, EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES MUST ALSO PLAY THEIR PARTS.

+THE EMPLOYERS MUST PROVIDE A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND INSTRUCT THEIR EMPLOYEES IN SAFE PRACTICES, WHILE THE WORKERS MUST ABIDE BY THE SAFETY RULES AND USE THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED FOR THEM,+ MR HAMMOND SAID.

AT THE CEREMONY HSIN CHONG'S CHAIRMAN, MR GODFREY K.N. YEH, THANKED THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR ITS ASSISTANCE AND PRESENTED IT WITH A PLAQUE AS A SOUVENIR WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY MR HAMMOND.

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR $8 MILLION TRUNK SEWER

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CONSTRUCTION OF A TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE THE FAST DEVELOPING SHEK WU HUI AREA IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK.

A CONTRACT FOR THE WORK, COST JUST OVER $8 MILLION, WAS AWARDED TO WING FAI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY.

THE CONTRACT WAS OFFICIALLY SIGNED THIS MORNING BY MR GEORGE CHIEN, CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONTRACTOR, MR CHOW MOON AND MR HUI HAU-FAI.

MR CHIEN SAID THE CONTRACT WOULD INVOLVE THE LAYING OF 950 METRES OF TRUNK SEWER BETWEEN THE NEW SHEK WU HUI SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SOUTHERN END OF SHEUNG SHUI RAILWAY STATION.

THE WORK FORMS PART OF THE NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SEWAGE WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE PLANT FOR TREATMENT THROUGH THIS TRUNK SEWER FROM THE PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WHICH WILL HOUSE 30 000 PEOPLE.

WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

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