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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1980
POSTER AN EFFECTIVE MEAN TO
PUT ACROSS INDUSTRIAL SAFETY MESSAGE
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AN ATTRACTIVE, INFORMATIVE AND WELL-DESIGNED SAFETY POSTER IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS TO PUT ACROSS THE MESSAGE OF INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
MR JOHN LOO, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF NGO KEE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.. SAID THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) WHILE PRESENTING PRIZES TO WINNERS OF THE 12TH ANNUAL INDUSTRIAL SAFETY POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE PRESENTATION TOOK PLACE IN THE DEPARTMENT'S INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE IN CANTON ROAD.
MR LOO POINTED OUT THAT INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS IN HONG KONG, IN PARTICULAR THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, WERE STILL A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM DESPITE ALL THE PUBLICITY AND OTHER EFFORTS CARRIED OUT BY THE GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS.
THE COMPETITION WAS AIMED NOT ONLY AT AROUSING THE INTEREST OF THE PARTICIPANTS BUT ALSO THE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY AT WORK AMONG THOSE EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY.
MR LOO SAID SAFETY CONSCIOUSNESS SHOULD BE CULTIVATED IN THE YOUNGER GENERATION, AND HE WAS VERY HAPPY THAT SO MANY STUDENTS HAD SHOWN A KEEN INTEREST IN THE COMPETITION.
+YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMPETITION HAS NOT ONLY SHOWN YOUR CREATIVE TALENTS IN ART AND GRAPHIC DESIGN IN PUBLICISING INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, BUT HAS ALSO DEMONSTRATED YOUR CARE AND INTEREST IN ACCIDENT PREVENTION IN INDUSTRY, HE TOLD THE PRIZE-WINNERS.
THE COMPETITION HELD LATE LAST YEAR ATTRACTED MORE THAN 340 ENTRIES FROM 39 SCHOOLS.
THE FIRST PRIZE OF $500 WENT TO LAM KING-FAI OF S.K.H. LAM WOO MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES OF $400 AND $300 WERE WON BY KWAN KIN-PUT OF KEI HEEP SECONDARY SCHOOL AND CHENG YUK-LUN OF JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL RESPECTIVELY,
TEN ENTRIES WERE AWARDED CONSOLATION PRIZES OF $100 EACH. IN ADDITION, ALL PRIZE-WINNERS WERE ALSO PRESENTED WITH CERTIFICATES OF MERIT.
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